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No snow but great for scrambling...
Although we are all desperate for a bit of snow in the hills you've got to make the most of what you've got - and you can always have an...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Jan 9, 20191 min read


Blue Bird Day On Snowdon
Winter climbing on Snowdon
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Jan 9, 20181 min read


Winter Skills on the Carneddau
Winter hillwalking skills in Snowdonia
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Jan 6, 20181 min read


Winter Mountaineering
Winter skills and climbing in Snowdonia
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Dec 14, 20171 min read


Winter on Crib Lem
Winter mountaineering in Snowdonia
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Dec 9, 20171 min read


Snowdon Horseshoe
Guided day around the Snowdon Horseshoe
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Oct 19, 20171 min read


Scrambling Skills
Scrambling for beginners course in Snowdonia
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Sep 5, 20172 min read


Family Climbing Day
Today I was joined by a super keen family for their daughters first go at outdoor climbing. We went to the lovely Tryfan Bach crag, in...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Sep 1, 20171 min read


Stunning Day On Crib Goch
Today I was out with 5 gents for their first trip along Crib Goch. To get ahead of the crowds and get a parking space we went for an...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Jul 1, 20171 min read


Advanced Scrambling Weekend
Advanced scrambling skills - ropes and climbing gear.
Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 8, 20172 min read


Mountain Skills Weekend
2 day Mountain Skills course covering the skills required to get about the UK mountains
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Apr 24, 20172 min read


Autumn Scrambling
Scrambling in Snowdonia - Tryfan and Cneifion Arete
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Dec 15, 20162 min read


Super Week in the Mountains
Week in the Snowdonia mountains
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Nov 5, 20161 min read


Mountain Skills Weekend
Last weekend I was running a Mountain Training Mountain Skills course, a 2 day course covering all the basics to get you out enjoying more c
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Oct 26, 20162 min read


Advanced Scrambling in Ogwen
Advanced scrambling weekend with Bremex Mountaineering Club
R Bale
Oct 10, 20161 min read


Classic Rock Climbing day in Cwm Idwal
Sun was shining for my day out with Mike, working for Seren Ventures. He wanted to have a go at multi pitch climbing and no better venue...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Aug 24, 20161 min read


Wet Day on Crib Goch
I was out with fellow Munro Compleater (all the Scottish mountains over 3000 feet) Humphrey today for a traverse of the classic grade 1...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
Aug 22, 20161 min read


Starter Scrambles in Ogwen
The last few weeks I've been fortunate enough to introduce a few people to scrambling and no better place to give it a go for the first...
Rusty bale
Jul 26, 20163 min read


North Wales at it's best
Last week I had the pleasure of 4 days rock climbing with Sharna. We started last Sunday - in the rain so we opted for some 'big boot'...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 29, 20162 min read


Wet Adventure on Snowdon
Back out with Rebecca and Chris yesterday, week 3 of their Tim Harrop Mountain Activities Mountain Month. We were after some climbing and...
Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 20, 20162 min read
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