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Published on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by simon@firstascent.co.uk
Back in December I was asked to guest for a London Female cycling team in the Tour Ta Malta. I accepted the offer and I received support for travel from First Ascent and Derbyshire sport which was a great help. I was very nervous and possibly even a ...
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Published on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 by simon@firstascent.co.uk
As the rain thunders on the roof I fondly think back to the holiday past, two weeks of climbing in the glorious sunshine of Turkey. It definitely felt a lifetime ago as I was desperately trying to get feeling back in my fingers mid-route at Raven Tor...
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Published on Monday, March 26, 2012 by simon@firstascent.co.uk
This week I head out for the Tour of Malta cycling stage race. It consists of two time trial stages and two road stages. First Ascent has provided me with funding and clothing for this event which will be a brilliant experience for me to race with s...
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Published on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Wil@firstascent.co.uk
I first went to Gimmer when I was 19. We didn’t have a guidebook, but I’d sketched out the topo from Hard Rock and we planned to do The Crack and then Kipling Groove. It wasn’t ideal conditions, admittedly. There’d been a h...
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Published on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 by Dan@firstascent.co.uk
Last week I was in Austria showcasing the new range of Black Diamond skis at the SIGB ski test.
Weather conditions were variable with snow for the first couple of days but then giving way to sunshine and excellent skiing conditions. The pistes were e...
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Published on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by simon@firstascent.co.uk
Cyclocross racing started last September with the aim of some fun and off-season training. However there is some sort of addictive bug you catch from cyclocross and I was as competitive as ever, cyclocross very quickly became an important focus for m...
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Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Wil@firstascent.co.uk
So, it's February, it's snowing hard and everything's going to be covered in the morning, but you want to get out on rock? Spain wasn't an option last Sunday, but Malham was, and with the sun out it was T-Shirt weather! The seepage has held off en...
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Published on Monday, January 16, 2012 by Rob@firstascent.co.uk
I've been into climbing for over 20 years and I've always fancied building my own training wall. Having moved house in October to somewhere with enough garage space, I finally got the opportunity to put my plans into action. I did have one major cons...
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Published on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by simon@firstascent.co.uk
Happy New Year to all.
This Winter has proved that despite the conditions of the past three years, the snow and cold is something that can't be depended on in the UK. Something that can be though, is the rain. Buckets and buckets of the stuff....
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Published on Friday, November 25, 2011 by simon@firstascent.co.uk
Good news for us all, taken from www.mwis.org:
"Intense Atlantic lows will pass close to northern Scotland, bringing long periods of often severe upland gales, and bands of rain (focussed on western Scotland), interspersed by showery weather...
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