Best Climbing Experience

Mont Blanc snow plod 1966 Asterisk, D Route and The Crack, Gimmer 1966 breakthrough day Voie de la Demande, Verdon Gorge - on my 40th birthday 1985 The Needle and Steeple, Shelterstone Llithrig, Diglyph & Vember in a day 1973 - another breakthrough day. White Slab and Jellyroll, Cloggy Bow Right Hand, Cloggy - my hardest ever lead, in theory Central Buttress, Scafell (in it's original state) Saxon, Scafell The Centaur and Ichabod, Scafell East Sez Les, Fylde Crag - first FA in the Anti-Atlas No Country For Old Men, Octet Crag - a FA with an early hero of mine Via Cassin, Piz Badile NE Face Via Comici, Cima Grande di Lavaredo N Face S Ridge Salbitschijen Black Cuillin Ridge Traverse South Face Direct & Little Brown Jug during first SW climbing trip '70 Yellow Spur, Eldorado Canyon North East Buttress, Pingora El Puro, Mallo Pison, Riglos my 50th Birthday climb Sickle Moon, Kashmir (6,574m) failed FA attempt 1977 Peppermint, Sinsat, Ariege for the craic of a rope of 4! Via Costantini-Apollonio, Pilastro di Rozes East Face, Dent du Requin for 2 bad reasons Bilberry Buttress, Raven Langdale for early "pushing it" (and falling!) L'Acheronte, Valnontey first Euro icefall climb 2001 Tower Ridge, Ben Nevis first Scottish Winter route 1974 Fionn Buttress, Dragon and St George , Carnmore Crag Yoyo and Big top, Aonach Dubh Point Five Gully, Ben Nevis just because it is what it is. Brant, Clogwyn Y Grochan first ever climb in Snowdonia 1970