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Title: Oli Grounsell
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:19 pm: Surviving Winter (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/03/10/surviving-winter/)
10 March 2014, 7:19 pm

Since getting back from a week of sun in Siurana at the start of January, winter was terrible. I did have visions of it being worse, but only ever so […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2131&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Night Stalker
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:19 pm: Night Stalker (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/03/26/night-stalker/)
26 March 2014, 11:13 pm

When Rob told me that the roof to the left of Tonight at Noon had been climbed by Stevie Haston I didn’t believe him. It just didn’t seem feasible. I […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2226&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Rare Lichen
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:19 pm: Rare Lichen (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/04/10/rare-lichen/)
10 April 2014, 5:09 pm

After a brief window of warm weather a few weeks ago, my attention started to drift towards some of the routes I would like to do in the mountains. These […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2265&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Finding something hard
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: Finding something hard (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/06/16/finding-something-hard/)
16 June 2014, 8:59 pm

Over the past few months I have found myself down at LPT quite a few times, as I have become more and more motivated to find myself a real project. […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2286&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Ceuse 2014
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: Ceuse 2014 (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/08/13/ceuse-2014/)
13 August 2014, 12:12 pm

Situated at the far right hand side of the crag, looking back along the sweep of yellow and white limestone, a series of crimps and pockets weaves it’s way up […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2314&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: The Tete
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: The Tete (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/09/11/the-tete/)
11 September 2014, 11:08 pm

Driving through the sleepy villages of Vallouise and Les Vigneaux for a bit of apres ski sport climbing this spring, I’d frequently gawp up at the towering limestone of the […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2323&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Autumn
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: Autumn (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/10/15/autumn/)
15 October 2014, 6:19 pm

This time last year when I arrived in North Wales I had a great first couple of weeks before winter began to move in. All your options seem to be […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2373&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Winter- before christmas
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: Winter- before christmas (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/12/11/winter-before-christmas/)
11 December 2014, 2:32 pm

The first part of winter has mainly been bouldering for me, and so with out any further ado…. The highlight of this was climbing Ropes of Maui, but when I did […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2458&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Winter – after christmas
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: Winter – after christmas (http://oligrounsell.me/2015/03/02/winter-after-christmas/)
2 March 2015, 5:54 pm

At christmas time santa came down my chimney and gave me a new camera. Therefore I’ve been making a conscious effort over the past few months to take more photos, […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2532&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Moving about on rocks etc
Post by: comPiler on April 17, 2015, 06:32:20 pm: Moving about on rocks etc (http://oligrounsell.me/2015/04/15/moving-about-on-rocks-etc/)
15 April 2015, 8:14 am

This is not a blog post about hopping up rocks. I was introduced to climbing outdoors through trad climbing, and during my first few years on rock I didn’t clip any bolts, perhaps […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2588&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Megalopa
Post by: comPiler on April 22, 2015, 01:01:01 pm: Megalopa (http://oligrounsell.me/2015/04/22/megalopa/)
22 April 2015, 8:09 am

Last year I invested a bit of time at the start of the season into the iconic Liquid Ambar, it being my main focus for a while. I also had a […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2593&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Re: Oli Grounsell
Post by: a dense loner on April 22, 2015, 01:12:11 pm: Strong pic!
Title: Winter- before christmas / Ropes of Maui
Post by: comPiler on May 12, 2015, 01:00:53 pm: Winter- before christmas / Ropes of Maui (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/12/11/winter-before-christmas/)
11 December 2014, 2:32 pm

The first part of winter has mainly been bouldering for me, and so with out any further ado…. The highlight of this was climbing Ropes of Maui, but when I did […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2458&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Ropes of Maui
Post by: comPiler on May 13, 2015, 01:00:47 am: Ropes of Maui (http://oligrounsell.me/2014/12/11/ropes-of-maui/)
11 December 2014, 2:32 pm

On my first acquaintance with Ropes of Maui (8B) I thought this is really quite hard and I will need to improve my climbing to do it. One or two of the […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2458&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Wah Wah Wah
Post by: comPiler on June 13, 2015, 01:00:30 pm: Wah Wah Wah (http://oligrounsell.me/2015/06/13/wah-wah-wah/)
13 June 2015, 9:23 am

In climbing I would consider myself quite lucky. I’ll scape my way up something when I don’t deserve it or find the good weather when it’s raining elsewhere, and in […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2669&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Re: Oli Grounsell
Post by: Doylo on June 13, 2015, 06:33:50 pm: With Caff having an epic too it seems like a toughy! Ben Moon, 5 days in 93 :bow:
Title: In Vogue- Ireland
Post by: comPiler on July 19, 2015, 07:00:32 pm: In Vogue- Ireland (http://oligrounsell.me/2015/07/16/in-vogue-ireland/)
16 July 2015, 3:33 pm

Last summer I spent 8 weeks or so climbing in France, where the weather was generally stormy. Europe on a whole was experiencing shit weather and we had to bail […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2685&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Bits of Summer
Post by: comPiler on October 07, 2015, 01:00:36 pm: Bits of Summer (http://oligrounsell.me/2015/10/07/bits-of-summer/)
7 October 2015, 9:58 am

Arriving at the car park short changed for the metre I did a little sweep around the elderly clientele to find that even my boyish face was intimidating, and in […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2743&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: The Winter Drag
Post by: comPiler on April 01, 2016, 01:00:21 pm: The Winter Drag (http://oligrounsell.me/2016/04/01/the-winter-drag/)
1 April 2016, 10:09 am

I walked down past the empty Christmas stalls, in the cold pouring rain, the puddles seeping into my trainers and Stop the Calvary by Jona Lewie echoing from a distance. […](http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=oligrounsell.me&blog=41198614&post=2809&subd=oligrounsell&ref=&feed=1)

Source: Oli Grounsell (http://oligrounsell.me)
Title: Re: Oli Grounsell
Post by: Fiend on April 01, 2016, 03:11:12 pm: Strong post and a good recognition that it's been a fucking turd winter.