Photos by russoggi

Taken by Al Read, Russ aproaching the summit of RHARPeak on our 1998 Arctic eastern Greenland expedition. To get to the far ridge on the left took a whole days skiing/hauling pulks.

Crag diagram of Clogwyn y Bustach. Taken from the nant Gwynant road

Crag Diagram Tryfan Bach - Little Tryfan. See climbers in lower middle for scale

This wqas taken from the Via Ferrata leading up from above the Falzarago pass from the fort. showing the South West side of CT

Photo of Dinas Mot taken from the road. Main slaby area contains such classics as Diaganol and Super Direct

A poor telephoto shot of Drws Nodded from the A5. Just to give an idea of the crag

Shot of Buddha Buttress from the sea. Top right is the North Light Lighthouse. The arrow shows the descent.

View from Needle Rock at Right to Pathfinder Slabs at left

Taken one evening at Helsby on the Upper Tier. I think the route is called The Mangler and takes the roof crack right of the climber. Around British 6a.

A shot of the wall above the racecourse in Chester. Useful to while away a few minutes if stuck in Chester. Don't go on race days as they won't let you on !!

This is a shot of Battery Buttress taken from a postcard I got when I was on Lundy back in 2002.

Another (unknown) climber took this shot, with my camera, of Mary pulling round the nose on Demo Route, an 80ft Severe at Sennen Cove. (I was belaying) I just remember it as a superb day, on good rock with a good friend.

Lame name for a peak (S09) but this was our ninth summit. The temperature was dropping rapidly. We later were caught in a storm on the glacier in the background for three days. We resorted to reading the GPS manual after passsing round all the books we had. Have a look at another of my photos "Russ attempting unnamed peak" and this peak is the one in the middle distance in that shot (if you see what I mean)

The peak in the background we called S09 (Our ninth summit). As we attempted this next peak, the temperature plummeted so we aborted soon after this shot. The next day we moved down on to the glacier in the background and sat out a storm for three days.

Taken back in 1980 before the big rock fall a few years ago.. The face below the summit is approx 1100m high. Does any one have a picture of it after the rock fall ??

Another classic climb on this superb cliff. Mary had only been climbing a few months. The face is as steep as it looks. There are many superb routes at Bozigran in a superb location with a great pub near the top.

Early evening view towards Mont Blanc from Chamonix

View to Grand Jorasses from Mer de Glace. Taken in 1980 during a round trip of the Alps.

In 1980 we did a big tour of the Alps visiting France, Italy, Austria etc. We took a quick walk up to Mer de Glace and played on the glacier. The only way back was to jump this crevace ... honest !

Gary on Wafer Wall MXS 5c on the Eastern Buttress of Helsby. This was c1979 thus white jeans where de rigour for climbing.

Me - I got the last pitch on this first ascent. As I pulled up the last few feet I saw sky, peaks, glacier and a steep slope the other side of the route. A fantastic day. Photo taken by Al Read

The leftmost climbers are on Satans Slip (E1 5a) with Inga abing/rapping in to the start of The Devils Slide (HS 4a).

Al Read on RHARPeak (Our name) summit (~2200m). The small speck on the glacier below is our tents in a walled enclosure about 1000m below us. We could hear members of the party talking down on the glacier such is the silence.All the peaks in the background are unclimbed but a good hours ski across the glacier.

Unknown climbers on Satan's Slip on the fantastic Devils Slide area on Lundy. On this island with over 700 routes we only saw one other group of climbers in a week. Lundy is a fantastic place to visit/climb. Good beer in the tavern and very friendly locals.

Looking down from the first stance on The Devils Slide (HS 4a) on Lundy. On this island with over 700 routes we only saw one other groups of climbers during our week of superb weather.