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Excellent weather for #climbing yesterday in one of the most beautiful areas of #Belgium, near the French border.
This crag is a bit weird, it's basically a hole in the ground somewhere in a forest (see last picture). It's again an old quarry; this one with near vertical walls with some relief for feet and small cracks and holes for handholds.
Really nice and quiet spot that's well bolted and has holds that haven't been polished like some other crags here.

Nice (well La Turbie in this case) was a fun place to climb; most of the routes had interesting moves on them - even the "easy" ones, the company was good, and the weather (when it was climbable at all) was lovely (especially considering the forecast just a day before the trip!). The extra excitements of the rock being generally damp, polished, and my mojo having been washed away by alchohol and rain on Saturday night meant a slow start and not pushing too much so it's probably just as well the "easy" routes were fun! Finally found a little flow late on Monday, so this Tuesday climb was a bit better. Still, this little beauty was a fine example of the grading at the crag; poor technique aside, this felt around a full letter grade harder than advertised!
#Climbing #ClimbingIsMyPassion #SportClimbing #LimestoneClimbing #Nice #LaTurbie #CoteDAzur
So there was actually climbing on the Nice climbing trip, too (between the rain... which managed to be both more and less than expected...). La Turbie, as it turns out, felt really kinda sandbagged grade-wise (or maybe I was just sucking?)! But then the fun is in the movement and unlocking the puzzle, not the grade and it was a great trip with a fun bunch; Alesia Sidliarevich (with the excellent catches), Helen Finn, Carole Dawson, and Roy.
#climbing #ClimbingIsMyPassion #SportClimbing #LimestoneClimbing #Nice #LaTurbie
When going to the climbing gym, i use the net bag that came with my harness. That net has drawstring closure on one end and the handle on the opposite, so when i pick it up by the handle and haven't closed the drawstring - shit goes everywhere. Pisses me off and i want a word with whoever designed it. Anyway, killing two birds with one stone here: using up some leftover cotton yarn and solving the dumb net problem. Love a project you can measure as you go and just stop when it's big enough. Handles and closure to come - on the SAME END 😤

#crochet #wip #handmade #yarnaddict #climbing #totebag
Porkkala, Kirkkonummi - South of the North - this corner looks like eternal summer as there are mainly beautiful pines there. as soon as there is no snow of course.
the sea is straight behind the camera!
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#spring #march #march2025 #finland #suomi #kirkkonummi #porkkala #porkkalanniemi #seaside #rocks #pines #sky #clouds #landscape #nature #silentsunday #naturaleza #luonto #trees #treescape #hiking #climbing #mountains #bluesky #walking #southofthenorth

Thinking of dabbling into trad, looking to build out a rack on an as-needed basis.

Climbing here mostly in Southern Ontario, so limestone blocks along the Niagara escarpment.

Some light research suggests I should:

  • favour passive pro over cams (slimestone, etc.)
  • consider offset nuts

... then the topics seem to always drift into a discussion about the merits of tricams lol

Looking at the dragons in size 2-4 to start.

Am I on the right track?

Also I'm legit afraid of using the #nuts or #rack tags.

Bit of a miserable day of #climbing in #Beez, #belgium yesterday. Got spooked while leading the first easy climb. Continued on top-rope and couldn't finish any of the subsequent routes without hangdogging. Frustrating...
It's a style of climbing that's not really my favorite though. Slightly overhanging with lots of pockets and you can't really see which are the good ones until you move to them. So lots of trying, retreating, etc. Which requires more strength than I have available.