British Team Trials

I was so exited about the team trials because i had been climbing and training really hard for them. They were held in Ratho this year an were held over two days. On the first day it was the qualifier and the semis. To get into the semis you had to come in the top 8, i qualified 6th so i got into the semis. I was really happy and wasn't expecting to get to the finals. But i did! I qualified to go to the finals in 5th. I was soooo exited about the finals i wasn't nervous because i never thought that i would do that well, but i did it again as my mum says, i manage to claw my way up to finishing in 3rd place behind Shona Coxsey and Suzie Zitter who are both AMAZING climbers. I was even more surprised when my name got read out for making it to the Aspirants team. I think so far it was the best moment in my climbing EVER!

The Adventure Show!!!

Out of the blue we got a phone call asking us if we would like to do a piece on how me an Ruairidh got our mum and dad into climbing because it's usually the other way around. So of course we said yes! On the 17th of August we headed to Golspie to meet the Adventure Show team in a local cafe, we then headed to Creag Bheag to do some filming. When we arrived at the crag we were asked to pick a route, they then set up all their equipment. There was only one problem the weather! It was constantly raining, so we improvised by sitting under a overhang to get interviewed but we still got soaked through so they couldn't use the interviews. We went back a week or so later and managed to get some good footage of us climbing. When we watched ourselves on TV in September it was really funny and strange seeing and hearing ourselves. Overall it was a great experience an i hope we might get to do something like that again in the future =]

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Me, Ruairidh And The Adventure Show Team

Catch_Up From 08'

The BRYCS finals this year were held at Ratho, it was a really fun day with lots of good climbs. I finished 8th overall my best BRYCS result so far. Everyone from Scotland North and South climbed really well!

In August we went for a day climbing in Gairloch with Paul Tattersall. My mum and dad thought it would be a good experience of outdoor sport climbing to give me and Ruairidh (my little brother) before we did a small filming session for the Adventure Show. It was a great day even after we got attacked by midges so we had to move to Melvaig beach where finally got rained off the crag, but we went back to Pauls for a cuppa and a lovely brownie made by Angela and Amy.
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Blog Update (Sorry About Delay)

Sorry about the delay on my blog updates. I have been busy with exams and training. Will now continue to keep it updated.