Rob Gibson

Ice Climbing, Dry Tooling

I’ll try and climb anything -  sport routes, traditional routes, ice or boulders (even chalk) My most memorable routes usually combine sport, trad, ice and bouldering!

What I most enjoy about climbing:
Doing a boulder problem first, leading a route in good style, relaxing on a top rope or enduring a frozen belay - even if I only work out what I enjoyed about these things later while warming up in a pub.
Sleeping after lunch on a bouldering mat in Fontainebleau Forest.
The adventure and unknown of a new route.

And the worst things about my climbing are?
Sleeping on a bouldering mat in Fontainebleau Forest rather than ticking a project.
Sore elbows.
Slipping off the big final hold of the famous boulder problem Brad Pit.  Twice in a row.  Ouch.
Not living in the Alps.

For me climbing is all about the cerebral challenge and being a good sport.

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Recent Daring Deeds

No Fondue!

After the initial flip upside down he kept falling.

W.t.f.?  Am I actually holding the ropes? ...

Posted on 03 March, 2011 by Rob Gibson

M12

Virtually no low level snow has made a couple of trips up to the Breitwangflu easier than...

Posted on 17 February, 2011 by Rob Gibson

Back in the Saddle

Kandersteg is one of those clean cut Swiss Alpine villages, sheltered in a valley between steep...

Posted on 08 February, 2011 by Rob Gibson