The shipping forecast

The shipping forecast

The area forecast for the next 24 hours. Viking, South Utsire, North Utsire, Glasgow city centre, Thomson Manor: Depression over workplace. Deepening rapidly. Feeling rough or very rough, occasionally poor. Dinner expected 6 to 7. Climbing 8 to 10. Gear store currently tidy. Becoming messy or very messy later. Feeling increasingly poor. Resulting mood good,…

Liquid grip

Liquid grip

This stuff is the choice of the lap dancers of the world apparently. If that isn’t a ringing endorsement I don’t know what is. Is it any good for climbing though? It’s kind of like suntan lotion in terms of consistency and the idea is that you apply it over your hands and then wave…

Gear Diary
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Gear Diary

This weekend saw some good stuff getting a workout. Here are some highlights. Base Layer: Wildstripes zip neckĀ – A solid man-made base layer. Still going strong, and the colours cheer me up. Mid Layer: Ternua Tux – breathes splendidly, dries very quickly, very nice in mixed conditions. Shell: Mammut Marangun – conditions were a bit…