Big wall Bianca coming off the Mouse, Samburu county Once known as the Northern Frontier the wild area between Isiolo and the borders of Ethiopia, Somalia is a vast area with various tribal communities within it. A British Parliamentarian once described it as ‘a desert twice the size of England’. Its also been a tense area since Independence from the British in 1963. The region which took up nearly half the size of the then colony largely wanted to be within Somalia at independence rather...

A crag with a view, Ngare Ndare, Baboopn Crag, Kenya Its always good to be back on familiar ground with familiar faces! Jo and I have been back in Kenya to deliver some rock foundation courses for Rift Valley Adventures. Its always great to be back and see whats been happening with the team and the camp tucked away on the edge of the Ngare Ndare Forest. The camp keeps expanding and is looking really good at the moment, one by one as people move on or pass on the adjacent plots get swept into...

Elgan on one of our rock courses at Duntelchaig A long overdue post which is an indicator of how busy the summer but a brief catchup also a more pictorial one than text. Perhaps blogs are a little outdated anyway now and the more fast food social media is the way forward. But being a bit old fashioned I thought I would pop one together. It was a rocky start to the spring and summer the usual period of stable weather we often get in the April May period never really materialised with the...