Category: Sports
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Why Kim Climbs
Kim likes climbing. Why does Kim like climbing?
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Back in the kayak around the Gower
Finally the winds have dropped for an amazing British bank holiday weekend so we’re back out in the kayaks for a couple of paddles around the cliffs of the Gower, looking at the climbing crags from another perspective. We paddle from Port Eynon around Culver Hole, Paviland, Mewslade Bay and Giant’s Cave to Fall Bay,…
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Kim vs vertical
Kim spent the winter getting strong for climbing and rediscovering her technical skills by bouldering and braving the cold Gower coastline when it stopped raining. She has been struggling with the steeper climbs so far this year. But how does she do on slabs and less steep climbs?
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Quiet climbs and windy kayaks
After Easter I took some time off work and had lots of time to do the things we like doing! The Gower was quiet again and we went cragging by the sea and kayaking in the sea before storm Hanna hit with her gale force winds. Also, bluebells in the woods. Not working. It’s great!
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Gower kayaking and Easter sun
Paddling from Oxwich to Port Eynon and back in a perfect summer sea, passing the wreck of the Solor at low tide in Oxwich Bay that limped back here after being torpedoed by a u-boat in 1945. Also climbing on packed Easter Rhossili sea cliffs in the sun. The Easter weather was perfect for a…
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Trying sea kayaking
This is something we’ve been waiting for and working towards for a while – starting to explore the Gower coastline from the sea. What trouble can we get into in kayaks in the sea? Learning.