Ander
I'm a superhero created by a secret Government programme. Escaping, I instead used my powers for good.Traumatised by the clash between virtue and wickedness, I now eke out an existence on the edges of civilisation, in the dismal confines of “The Axis”. Here, in the struggle against selfishness, avarice and conceit, I trust my books and my poetry to protect me. Usually incognito, I’m an outcast and I get dirty looks from strangers in restaurants and bars for laughing way too loud.
My sanctuaries are in the far, frozen North and the barren wastelands of The Peak. The spirit is replenished in an incisive play of adrenaline, several of the earth’s minerals and gravity. I’ll dive to the depths to collect small pearls of wisdom, but I’ve found falling through the air can result in a bump at the end. You’ve got to be able to pick yourself up, apply band-aid, and keep campaigning.
Graduating from pessimist to pragmatist with a healthy dose of hopefulness, I'm cynical, playful, enthusiastic and highly irreverent. I'll whoop your butt at draughts, but probably not at chess and I struggle sometimes with the “its” or “it’s” thing. All superheroes have limits.
Location
Warks
Best Climbing Experience
Valencianos. No doubt about it. Climax of an awesome week.
Recent Postings
Logbooks Volunteer
Moderator for 30 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Bix Slade Quarry, Saddle Bay, Monk's Dale, Tilberthwaite Gill, Chapel Crags, Aberglaslyn Gorge, Gausta Area, La Crémerie, Bulliber, Torr Nead an Eain ... plus 20 more
Interests Outside Climbing
Love sitting drinking coffee and reading a book, if I'm not climbing. Preferably somewhere I can sit and watch the ladies.
Photo Gallery
Ander, Southern Iraq road-trip 2004. Steep sandstone walls present a variety of problems. Basrah Palace, Iraq
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Cosmiques Arete
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Ander on a perfect evening- soloing a sun warmed Chequered Slab, Markfield Quarry.
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Jimbo on the third summit of the Lachenal, showing the traverse in the background.
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Ander's Southern Iraq road-trip 2004. Who says Saddam's opulent palaces were no use to anyone? Basrah Palace is just fine
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End of a holiday, end of a day at Sella
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Ben Rule leading up the ice band at the bottom of the Eastern Buttress on the Black Ladders
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Slacker cruisin' Alabama.
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The average person thinks he isn't.
Remember, I'm a superhero.