Simon's climbing website

My site is a personal source of climbing mountaineering and mountain biking info as well as some picture libraries.  Its all free, no advertising, no pop-ups.

Simon Chetwynd

 

Simon, (me), Gearr Anaoch, Glen Coe  
Serac barrier on Weissmies, Swiss alps

The site  contains some route descriptions but I've only listed the ones that I can remember, which means they're either really good or really bad.  As well as UK rock routes there's Scottish winter routes and Alpine routes.  I've included a little crag guide, it mainly lists the little out of the way crags that people seldom visit.  The comments are mine, I've personally been there, I haven't copied it from a book.

The stories section contains articles for the Reading Mountaineering Club newsletter.  They're all true, honestly.

 

 

Pigne d'Arolla summit.  Fraoch, Leggy, Dave, Me

Me, Right Twin, Anaoch Mor

Sunset on Aguille de Chardonay and Tour Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif Some people jump between Adam and Eve on the summit of Tryfan, you can of course do one armed press ups between them

Photo galleries

Stories

Routes and crags

Mountain biking

Other

Alps 2000

Alps 2001

Alps 2002

Scottish winter

Lake district

Snowdonia

Gower

Tremadog and Pembroke rock climbing

Chamonix in winter

Ireland

Skye

Scottish Sea Stacks

RMC Cornwall meet Easter 2008

RMC Langdale meet Februray 2008

RMC Harrisons Rocks meet 2008

RMC N Pembroke 2008

RMC Ullapool 2008

Outer Hebrides 2008

RMC Gower 2008

Cornwall Aug 2008

RMC Coniston Meet Dec 2008

RMC Yorkshire Meet Sept 2009

RMC Langdale 2010

Lochcarron 2010

Isle of Harris

Gower 2010

 Yorkshire 2010

RMC N Wales Nov 2010

N Wales Feb 2011

N Wales Easter 2011

Cornwall  April 2011

Pembroke 2011

Yorkshire 2012

Lake District 2012

Pembroke 2012

North Wales Ice

Lliwedd

Glen Coe (summer)

Scottish ice climbing 2001

Scottish ice climbing 2002

Alps 2002 (Arolla / Argentiere)

Snowdon by night

Lake District

Lake District in winter

Lake District, scrambling in Duddon Valley

Ireland

Scottish ice climbing 2004

Classic Welsh scrambles

Outer Hebrides - Harris

Rock routes, England

Cornwall

Welsh rock routes

Pembroke

Gower

Yorkshire

Scottish winter routes

Alpine routes

Turning Stone Edge

Tremadog

Shropshire sandstone

Ice climbing in Argentiere - La Cremerie

Rock climbing in Ireland - Gap of Dunloe

Welsh winter routes

Scotish sea stacks

 

Mountain biking

Giant Anthem versus Specialised Epic

chain maintenance

hadtail or bouncer?

how long do parts last?

semi slick tyres

tubeless tyres

Giant NRS rear shock rebuild

Cycling costs

Anchors and loadings

Tyrollean traverses

Safe belaying

Hot or cold drinks in winter?

Motoring costs

Consumer blog

Where to watch puffins

Dynamics of a fall

Weather forecast accuracy

My favourite pictures from Africa