Photos by andybirtwistle

When visiting the Yukon for the first time in 2000 my buddy Steve(ex Brit,Canadian and Whitehorse resident)took me to these canyons.Cracking lines ,cracking routes which you don't have to queue for!

A great route in a great location a long way from nowhere.Great jams,great gear.Take your cams though

This is Rick leading the excellent Eye of Faith E1 5b at Gardom's Edge

We had a fantastic time at The Red.The rock was home from home(Northumberland, England) but better,steeper longer and bigger holds.Here Bob is onsight flashing his warm up route!Good effort Bob.

This is a really great route.Big atmosphere and big holds, you just have to keep going. Your strength will give out before the good holds do A very satisfying climb never desperate.

Steve Roberts Northumberland activist climbs Childhoods End E4 6a.Steve was much younger here and his determination as a youth paid dividends to his development as an all round climber who put up a number of hard new routes in the "County"

Steve Brewis onsights Ancient Briton E1 5b at Jack Rock. This route is a classic of the crag well protected with the hardest move getting off the ground the move around the overhang provides a fitting finale

New guide writer and local activist Sean Cassidy on Rum Dog after the first ascent 6th September 1997.

Colin Matthews onsighting the first ascent of Uncomfortable Bum 5.10d at Ship Rock. The crag is reached by a 10-15 minute paddle and has a small number of worthwhile high quality routes.

Andrew Earl on the testpiece Northern Soul at Caley Crags near Leeds. This is one of the classic harder problems in an area renowned for its excellent bouldering.

This is activist and guidebook writer Sean Cassidy on the classic Black Diamond at First Face.The route follows cracks and a traverse to the crux finish on the last moves,which is as it should be Probably 5.10 anywhere else.

This traverse is a test problem in the woods.The technical grade is 6b and it has a suberb sequence of moves Martin is on the crux moving down from a poor layaway to an equally poor undercut.It was taken with a CanonDigital IxusV cmera

My mate Bob on Y Front at Bowden Doors in Northumberland. one of my favourite crags.Bob was Northumberland's leading activists in the 70's and 80's and at 51 can still show the youngsters a trick or two