The Rucksack Club
The Rucksack Club

A small bug – please bear with us…

The bit of software that auto-generates the email informing you of new content was upgraded today and appears to have a bug. All of you will probably have received one or more email(s) with the wrong name on them. Sorry! and an even bigger sorry to Alan! I’ve put in a temporary work around until it gets fixed so you won’t get anymore with the wrong name. Ian

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Widdop

Wednesday 6th September – Evening Climbing Meet A high, remote, moorland crag. At 350m altitude, somewhat blustery, midge-ridden and rather grey, our visit to Widdop can add edge to our adage “Get out there…” The new YMC guide to Yorkshire Gritstone (Volume 2) couldn’t praise Widdop more highly. We managed a select few routes (Krypton Route with the additional excellent top-out moves of the Flake, no mild for a Mild VS lead and the varied Curving Crack) before heading along to boulder adventures. Inevitably perhaps the wee-beasties won the war but not before some of us claimed satisfaction on such classics as Pickpocket’s Crack (Andy Stewart pictured), Fagin’s Ridge and Red Edge among others.

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Grosvenediger

Wednesday Walkers on top of the Grosvenediger – the 4th highest in Austria at 3,666 metres. From left to right: Tim Taylor, Gwyn Thomas, Steve Wells (guest), Chris Wilkshire, Frank Procter, Ellie Howarth, Gerry Oliver and Ray Grover. July 2017. Photo by Ray Grover.  

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