| Steve & Judy Pardoe's Climbing Pages | ||
Steve on Tryfan, 1955 |
This is our
Climbing index, with links to our Mountaineering reports, Rock Climbing trip reports and tick-list, our information pages, and an archive page of climbing trip reports from the uk.rec.climbing newsgroup and subsequent messages, hosted on our own server.
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 Mountain picture by Holly
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Stanage Popular End 28. July 2011 - click for some pictures of our URC Triothon.
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Allalinhorn 4027m |
| Switzerland (VS) June 1995 North face from the start of the normal route. This can be an easy day trip, but there is still objective danger from crevasses, and the temptation to bag it without proper preparation or acclimatization makes it particularly risky. | |
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Cotopaxi 5897m |
| Ecuador, January 1998 Judy at the summit crater of Cotopaxi. Among the highest active volcanoes in the world, and lying just 75 km south of the equator, Cotopaxi is a popular introduction to the South-American scale. Generally easy, considering the altitude, but the route can vary as crevasses change. Thorough acclimatization is essential for a safe ascent. | |
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Gran Paradiso 4061m |
| Italy, June 1995 The Gran Paradiso, our first 4000'er, seen from the West. The highest mountain entirely within Italy is very popular, and its principal hut, the superb Vittorio Emanuele II, should be booked well in advance. The ascent involves 2,100 metres of climbing from the valley at Pont. |
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Mont Blanc 4807m |
| France (HS) July 1997 View of the summit ridge from Aiguille du Midi. Although popular, a total effort of 2,550m above Nid d'Aigle (2386m), and a very exposed summit climb of 1,050m from the Aiguille du Goûter refuge (3817m), mean that the highest mountain in the Alps should never be underestimated. | |
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Tour du Mont Blanc 1999 |
| France, Italy & Switzerland, July 1999 The Tour of Mont Blanc, or TMB, is a 200 km (120 miles) hike around the Mont Blanc massif in the European Alps. The route crosses several high passes and takes the traveller through spectacular mountain scenery in France, Italy and Switzerland. Our report from our first TMB in 1992 is also on-line. |
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Walkers' Haute Route (part) |
| Switzerland, July 2001 The Walkers' Haute Route is a 170 km (110 miles) mountain hike from Chamonix to Zermatt in the European Alps. The rather arduous route crosses several high passes, and takes the traveller through spectacular, if desolate, mountain scenery in France and Switzerland. Atrocious conditions forced us to abandon this year's attempt. |
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Mount Whitney 4419m |
| California, USA, July 1996 As the highest mountain in the contiguous 48 US States, Mount Whitney is getting crowded, and permits are now required even for day ascents. The route is generally easy, but there is little water available, and the height gain of 2,100 metres over a distance of some 19 km each way makes for a long day.
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rock climbing and Youarsey* trip reports You can also keep up to date with Steve's personal rock-climbing tick-list in text or table format, ...and there's a new Trip report archive page from the uk.rec.climbing newsgroup * "Youarsey" is the scatalogical homonym for the uk.rec.climbing user group on the Internet. |
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| Climbing reports on this server:
Little Tryfan with Other Steve & William, August 2011 Stanage Popular End 28. July 2011 - pictures of our URC Triothon. Carnedd Y Filiast 5. September 2010 - pictures of our URC Solothon. Frogsmouth Bolting Party 18. July 2010 - click for some pictures. Ice climbing in Cwm Cneifion, February 2005 Tourettes Syndrome : a brief report of our mini-Tour of the Mont Blanc area in July 2003 Nobby Pardoe's Kepier (an 80's tale by Steve Carr) K2, or the Second Retreat from Kepier (the historical perspective) September 2002 Milestone Buttress Direct Route, September 2002 (pictures) Slack, a mini-epic, June 2001 Jordan and scrambles in Wadi Rum, March 2001 (new logistics page added) Skiing in Cervinia February 2001 Kepier dans les Arbres August 1999 with Judy, serious big-wall climbing Eastby Crag June 1999 with Dave Raper and Kate Robinson Pinnacle Rib Tryfan, May 1999 with Dave Raper and Richard Chambers Old pictures from Tryfan taken in 1955 (and some recent ones) |
Former homepages:
Youarsey outings at : Winter climbing in Torridon, North-West Scotland, February 2002 Rock climbing at Froggatt with the Youarsey posse, October 2001 Aonach Mor winter skills, March 2001 Snowdon winter ascent 29/12/2000 Rock climbing in Ogwen with the uk.rec.climbing newsgroup, September 2000 Other uk.rec.climbing meetings at Windgather Rocks, 10. May; Stanage and Gardom's Edges, April 2000 Ice climbing in Val Gardena, Italian Dolomites, March 2000
English Lakes, February 2000, with Dave Raper and Steve "Blofeld" Currier : two excellent multi-pitch climbs : Roaches Meeting October 1999, another gang of climbers from the Internet Amphitheatre Buttress August 1999 with Steve "Blofeld" Currier and Caroline Robinson; also Dave Raper, Katherine Robinson and Philip Robinson on a second rope Youarsey Weekend July 1999 at The Roaches and Crookrise Roaches Minithon June 1999 meeting of six climbers from the Internet Stanage Mammothon May 1999, first national meeting of uk.rec.climbing newsgroup |
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 Steve bouldering in the 91.1 area of Fontainebleau, July 2009
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Acclimatization |  | a discussion and links to sites on AMS, etc |
| Clothing | | a description of what we wear on the mountains | |
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links to climbing equipment manufacturers' websites | |
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links to HACE, HAPE and general health topics | |
| North West Face | |
our unofficial page about this indoor climbing wall in Warrington, Cheshire | |
| Refuges | |
a discussion and links to sites for French, Italian and Swiss Alpine refuges | |
| St Gervais |  |
an introduction to this ideal base for Mont Blanc, and links to French sites | |
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