Chew Valley is the title of the “Local”
guidebook, a moorland gritstone region encompassed by the North West corner of
the Peak District National Park.
These western flanks of the Pennines offer
perfect escapism from the Greater Manchester conurbation, ideally located and
with more than 1500 precipitous voyages documented with topos in the guidebook
it’s a perfect springboard into the outdoors, specially climbing.
The U Project (webpage posted below) is a
local Council supported organisation that grants first outdoor steps and
climbing experience to all comers, free of charge. Each Saturday a group who’ve
pre-registered via the Oldham Outdoor Pursuits website gather at Dovestone
reservoir and stroll up Chew Valley to Rob’s Rocks. A perfectly suited cliff
one's for first steps above the ground. The main portion of the steep seeking
contingent is always of school age even though it’s not specifically advertised
for Kids.
I started climbing in this same and feel
granting aid to local aspirants is almost the completion of a cycle?
I’ll be
spending fair-weathered Saturday afternoons up at Rob’s until
mid-August.
Kevin "The Frozen One" Thaw has consistently performed at the top level of many disciplines – alpine, big wall, traditional, ice, mixed and bouldering – and shows no sign of slowing down. He was born and raised in the United Kingdom and left the day after his finals in Mechanical and Production Engineering. Scotland and the Alps made him hungry and ready for a long stint in the U.S., specifically Yosemite. He's often heralded as the U.K.’s number one all-around climber.
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