Simon's climbing website

My site is a personal source of climbing and mountaineering info as well as some picture libraries.  Rock, snow, ice, the Alps, its all here.  My home page contains just a sample of some of the pictures you'll find on the site.  Also, 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.

When planning your trip check out the section on campsite and caff reviews, again all from personal visits and .

The stories section contains articles I've written for the Reading Mountaineering Club newsletter.  They're all true, honestly. In most cases there's extra pictures in the stories.

To navigate the site use the pull down menus at the top of each page.  If your browser doesn't support Javascript, use the hyperlinks below.  There's a link on the bottom of each page that will bring you back to this homepage.

 

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

Reviews

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

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

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

 

Campsites

Caffs

Plas-y-Brenin courses

Books

Cameras and mountain photography

Anchors and loadings

Tyrollean traverses

Safe belaying

Hot or cold drinks in winter?

Mountain biking

Links

Motoring costs

Cycling costs

Consumer blog