Blogs for 2008
20 entries during this yearNovember 2008:
- Second ascent of The Groove at Cratcliffe Tor
While out photographing some friends bouldering at Cratcliffe Tor, I was lucky enough to see visiting American Kevin Jorgeson doing the 2nd ascent... Photography - Mystery guidebook cover
I received some exciting news today that a major new guidebook may well be using one of my photos on the front cover!
I got a front cover... Photography
- Video of climbing in Kalymnos
I've just come back from a whole month spent climbing & taking photographs on the Greek island of Kalymnos
I'll be uploading a gallery of the... Photography - Running & walking on Kalymnos
I'm currently staying on the beautiful Greek island of Kalymnos, and yesterday I tried out some of the walking (from the Kalymnos hiking map, 6 euros... Running
- Major Upgrade to the UKC Logbooks
Let's start with some statistics: the UKC Logbook database has 94,400 routes on 8,500 crags across the World. The 5,400 users who have set up their... Web site design
- Moved to new server hardware
Over the last 3 months we've been hard at work moving all our web customers from our own server hardware (owned & managed by Climbers.net) to new,... Web site design - Broken and Lost!
I haven't had much luck with my camera gear this Summer
First up was my Canon 5D SLR. After a very successful photo shoot of Ray's Roof in... Photography
- Boycott the Beijing Olympics
I love sports, and I normally enjoy watching the Olympics and supporting the dedication of athletes in the UK and from all over the world. However... Green issues
- Exhibiting at Cliffhanger - 12/13th July, Sheffield
We're very excited to be exhibiting at Cliffhanger this year - an annual festival for outdoor people in Millhouses Park, Sheffield, 12th & 13th July... Photography - It's all gone dark!
The standard Climbers.net website is uses light colours, with plenty of white space. However some people prefer to view photography with black or... Photography
- Gear - Garmin Forerunner 50
I've resisted the urge to splash out on a fancy GPS-tracking/heart rate monitor/watch for several years now (most unlike me
) but I've finally... Running - Getting back into running
My running is very much stop/start unfortunately: a couple of months of regular running and then a few months off, either because of injury or a lack... Running
- New Rock climbing book for kids
Rock Climbing (Xtreme Sports) This is a short, colourful book aimed at children that was written by Kate Cooper ("gingerkate" on UKClimbing.com).... Photography - New peak district : climbing guidebook
Published this week is the new Vertebrate Outdoor guidebook to the Peak District. This guidebook features over 850 of the Peak District's best... Photography - PicLens - photographic slideshows
PicLens is a free browser add-on that allows for amazing full-screen browsing of photo galleries. From their website: "PicLens instantly... Web site design - UKClimbing site Classifieds
We have made a significant upgrade to the section of the site formerly known as 'Databases'. The Crags section has been moved to now be part of... Web site design
- New ROCKFAX Northern England
Published this month is the new ROCKFAX guidebook to Northern England - from Yorkshire Grit all the way up to Northumberland. The book is a... Photography - Costa Blanca climbing *without* photos?!
It does seem a bit odd to be adding this to my Photography blog, but I've just got back from an excellent week of rock climbing in the Costa Blanca... Photography
- Ice climbing in the Alps
This was only my second time ice climbing, and I booked onto the Jagged Globe Alpine Ice course, which is a 7 day course based in the Chamonix and... Photography - Camera gear: Canon SD870 IS
I've been working my way "up" Canon's digital SLRs in recent years - I started with a 300D, then a 20D, and last year a full-frame 5D. However... Photography
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