andybirtwistle
I've been climbing for 48 years and started in Northumberland which I still rate as the best.Nowadays I prefer getting abroad for sun and sport routes but I still enjoy bouldering and any climbing when I can get to new venues. I'm a keen photographer and love snapping as well as climbing when on the rock.Location
Ashbourne Derbyshire
Best Climbing Experience
Too many great ones to say really.Mountaineering wise climbing the Matterhorn donkeys years ago.Ticking lots of Hard and Extreme rock routes and the most memorable sports climb ever,Trella, before some idiot pulled the stal off!Climbing is three things to me ,where you are,what your doing and who you're with.Get all three right and that's the best.
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Articles by andybirtwistle
- REVIEW: Eastern Grit Rockfax May/2015
- Rockfax : Peak Limestone May/2012
Interests Outside Climbing
Hillwalking /trekking,travel, photography, skiing
About My Photography
Just enjoy taking pictures full stop!
Photo Gallery
March blizzard
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Wee Bobby casually soloing for the guidebook pics.
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Finishing Five Finger
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The Twelve Apostles and Thorpe Cloud
© Andy Birtwistle
Alec Burns being Better Red than Dead E1 5b at Dalt Quarry
© Andy Birtwistle
Bob Smith on the first ascent.
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Bob the boulderer
© Andy Birtwistle
Lenticular cloud over the Sierra Nevada
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