Greg Chapman

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Greg heralds from north Lancashire and has been a keen outdoor activist for most of his life. After starting climbing in the mid-90’s, he faded into stints of sailing, kayaking and caving, but eventually was drawn back into climbing, on a more serious level, in 1999.

Initially an avid trad and sport climber, Greg was drawn to bouldering during the early naughties, due to its simplicity, no-nonsense approach and the close-to-hand inspiration of the then super active, hardcore boulderer, John Gaskins. He continues his diehard enthusiasm for bouldering throughout winter, spring and autumn, but when the weather heats up and the grip begins to fail; he widens his scope into the realms of fell running, sport climbing and the occasional foray trad climbing.

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Moon Skink Jeans

When in comes to apparel leg wear for rock climbing, pretty much everything has been utilized, and probably even championed, at some point or other. Be it breaches, shorts, tracky bottoms, shell suit pants, jeans or tights, somebody somewhere will have climbed in it. Generally, when folk get into...

Albarracin, Spain

Precariously set, high on the steep inclines of a limestone gorge, is the scenically set Spanish town of Albarracin, and its neighboring sandstone block-scape. Touted as the “Spanish Fontainebleau” by some...

Spanish Boulders and Hidden Bakeries

Just back from 10 days in Albarracin, Spain, which was top drawer. Despite some snowy weather in the middle of the trip we managed to get plenty done over some full-on days of skin wearing, muscle sapping fun.

Best of the Lakes

I had a fantastic weekend playing in the swarve weather. Saturday involved some great mountain top bouldering at Sampson’s Stones, of Great Moss Eskdale. Although, the trip to the crag wasn’t without incident as some extreme 3-point turning on Ha...

St. Bees Head, South

A selction of smart boulder problems in the beautiful surroundings of St. Bees Head, South. Courtesy of Highball Productions.

Thorn Crag Mini Guide

We have put together a small but definitive routes guide to Thorn Crag in north Lancashire. The guide covers all the routes on the lower and upper tiers of the crag, and also includes the bouldering circuit of the 'Crag Boulders'. This guide is also the only document to describe possibly the hardest route on gritstone, John Gaskins' incredible prow, 'A Moment of Clarity'.

St. Bees Head, South

I think it's fair to say that over the last 5 years St. Bees Head has become recognised as one of the 'must visit' destinations of UK climbing, and more specifically bouldering. In spite of its isolated location, on the far western coast of northern Lakeland, the magnetic draw of this fantastic sandstone....

Coastal Sanctuary

I managed to defy the weather gods over the previous weekend and find dry terrain in the shape of the now very much in vogue St. Bees Head - South. This coastal sanctuary is often a haven for dry weather when the inland fells are cloud-clad and wet. ...

Wild Country Touchdown

Despite the fact that bouldering crash pads have become a staple product – often for kudos and advertisement reasons, rather than actual profitability – for most climbing hardware and software manufacturers over the last few years, Wild Country have until now remained out of the fray.

Red Chili Crag Sack

A recent addition to the Red Chili range of climbing accessories is the new Crag Sack. I have been testing this rucksack come holdall for the past month or so, and the following is a review of how I found the pack in use, as well as how it compares to the competition.