It almost looks like I knew what I was doing! (it’s only an impression... :-) It was great fun climbing along that crack, I even knew the name of the route at the time but it slipped from my mind since.

Ben on the opening moves of Summer Brave. It is an overhanging boulder start. The starting hold is juggy - crimpy after that. There is another difficult bulge a little further up. Photo taken by Rockzen.

We accidentally took this pic. I almost deleted it but the more I looked at it the more I liked it... Conveys the day... snow, rocks and a rack... what a perfect spring day for climbing - and we had the crag to ourselves... Between you and I we climbed in t-shirts, but if anyone asks it was cold and nasty and its way too early to climb outside ;)

Orange Wall. Photo taken from below Orange Direct.

A decent 5.9 at Buffalo Crag

Skywalker at Buffalo Crag. A nice easy 5.7

Here is a pic of Grant leading a 5.6 at Buffolo Crag Ontario. I snaped this with my Kodka LS 420 digital camera. As you can see it was rather sunny, and the rock acting like a convection oven raised the temp to around 26°C

Do you ever "Rob Large it?"

I used to, but not any more. You can click here to understand what I mean by 'Rob Large-ing it.'

Check out the blue jeans, knotted slings [sewn ones didn't exist!] and the hex.

You can just see the orange toe of my Galibier Contacts, the hardest rubber you could find. In these days before retreads, when the toes wore out, I put my shoes on the opposite feet!

This photo was taken twenty-three years ago in 1980, but looks like it could have been taken yesterday. See all the chalk on my hands?? Me neither. I was part of the Clean Hands Gang.

My caving mentor Chas Yonge led the pitch. It's still a bold lead. My other caving mentor Tom Miller told me that I was now a better climber than him, at least above ground.

This is my daughter's first climb outdoors. This is the start of Yo-yo - she made it up about 15 feet or so and identified a couple of plants on the way. She's climbed much higher in the gym...in any case she didn't do badly for a 4 yr old!

Middle section of End Game.

Sunsplash at Buffalo Crag (5.9). You can see part of End Game to the left, and the top of Flying Kiwi to the right.

Flying Kiwi at Buffalo Crag (5.8)

The top 60 percent of End Game. The route starts to the left at the bottom of the pic, and follows the cracks to the center of the pic, then follows the rope the rest of the way up. A fun 5.7.

Number 30 in the climbing guide. The rope on the right is on Jetsam

me on End Game - Buffalo Crag - 3m

Route at 88m

What does Ingot mean anyway

This is the start of Thin Series (5.8). The ground is about four feet below the bottom of the picture.

Thin Series (5.8). There are two crux sections: 1. The crack near the middle of the route (outlined in chalk in the photo) 2. The ledge 3/4 of the way up. Definitely a fun 5.8.

Nice climb at Buffalo

climbing the orange wall