Ken Applegate

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Location
Fort William/London

Best Climbing Experience
Possibly one of the following:

North Ridge of the Piz Badile
Bouldering in Font, France
Karst climbing in Yangshuo, China
Comb Gully during the day, followed by a moonlit ascent of Hadrian's Wall, Ben Nevis
The Old Man of Hoy

Recent Postings

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UKC Volunteer
Moderator for 9 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Buzzard Crag, Glen Nevis, Whale Rock, Glen Nevis, Barrel Buttress, Glen Nevis, The Gorge Wall, Glen Nevis, The River Walls, Glen Nevis, Galaxy Buttress, Glen Nevis, The Railway Buttresses, The Glenfinnan Area, Cascade de Villard, Rapún

Interests Outside Climbing
If time spent on a particular activity is anything to go by, then kayaking would be top of the list. Travelling, mountain biking, and music are all up there too.

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I've voted for 9 photos, average vote 4.7.
(66% superb - 33% good - 0% average - 0% poor - 0% rubbish)

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Anything Else We Should Know
Self confessed gear junkie.

User Profile

registered 07/May/03
updated 15/Jan/13

Age
31

Been Climbing For
4 to 10 years

Best Onsights
Trad - E3
Sport - 6c+
Bouldering - V6
Winter - VII

Worked Grades
Sport - 7a

Main Sport/Activity
Mountaineering

Favourite Wall
Westway

Best Magazine
Climb (UK)

I Climb...
Several times a week
All over the world

Favourite Climbs
North Ridge (Nordekante)
Piz Badille
Crypt Route (Winter)
Church Door Buttress
The Echos
Holyhead Mountain
El Puro
Riglos
Left Wall
Dinas Cromlech
Comes The Dervish
Vivian Quarry
Original Route
Old Man of Hoy
Super Direct
Dinas Mot
Chimney Route
Stob Coire Nan Lochain
The Wand
Creag Meagaidh
Tower Face of the Comb
Ben Nevis
Darth Vader
Ben Nevis

Latest Climbs
Indicator Wall V 4
Hadrian's Wall Direct V 5
Avalanche Gully IV 4
Avalanche Gully Upper Left Fork IV 4
Neptune Gully III
The Stonker IV 5
Raven's Gully V 5
Promenade Gully II
Saxifrage Gully II
Smoking the White Owl III 4
Castle Ridge III
Curtain Rail IV 4
Italian Climb III
Italian Right-Hand IV 4
No.6 Gully IV 4
... list all 648 climbs

Ticklists BETA
Cold Climbs 17%
Ben Nevis Ridges 80%
The 100 Best UK VS routes? 11%
Hard Rock 11%
Top 25 UKC Wishlist Rock Climbs 36%
Top 23 UKC Climbed Climbs 4%
... list all 6 ticklists

Climbs Wishlist
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