Rockaroundtheworld

Heading "Out west" to Colorado & Wyoming

2009-07-14T12:32:00.000+01:00

2008-04-14T08:08:00.000+01:00

Lucky we've got a kite!

2008-04-14T08:06:00.000+01:00

A windy day on mt st victoir - too blowy for the trace noir.

2008-04-14T08:01:00.000+01:00

Jake cranking on patt d'elephant at mt st victoir.

Horseshoe Quarry - Back home with a bump

2008-01-12T15:58:00.001Z

Andy climbing Pale Rider in his duvet - it's a pleasant 4 degrees C and seems a long way from Arizona, but at least the sun's out....

cochise stronghold

2008-01-04T21:52:00.004Z

It's hard to circle the waggons when you've only got one. Luckily no indians showed up.

chillin in the rv

2008-01-04T21:52:00.003Z

saguaro cookies

2008-01-04T21:52:00.001Z

Kids cookery results

the mustang

2008-01-01T19:29:00.001Z

Just squeezing in one more route as the run sets

2008-01-01T19:26:00.003Z

Jake cruising a 5.9 on the control tower

mt lemmon

2008-01-01T19:26:00.001Z

Casual climbing after the crux on sky box 5.11c on forgotten wall

new years eve

2008-01-01T18:37:00.001Z

Watching the sunset over the cacti from the top of the rv

saguaro

2008-01-01T18:35:00.001Z

Monster cacti

Walking in a winter wonderland

2007-12-29T02:11:00.002Z

its freezing cold with bright blue sky but its not snow. We're in white sands national park.

sand boarding

2007-12-29T02:11:00.001Z

Jake - dude

opening pressies

2007-12-28T03:05:00.001Z

Christmas morning at jim and jeanne's

jake cranking up a 5.10

2007-12-28T02:23:00.001Z

Climbing on mt lemmon at 4,500 ft on boxing day

chicachu national park

2007-12-28T02:12:00.000Z

Amazing rock hoodoos

happy christmas

2007-12-25T16:18:00.000Z

Here we are in tucson arizona. We're enjoying fantastic hospitality with jim and jean - amazing weather and great climbing (mt lemmon in the background).

kaiser chiefs

2007-12-09T17:34:00.000Z

In concert at sheffield. Ruby ruby ruby!

The 'real' Africa - North of the 'red line'

2007-08-31T11:23:00.003+01:00

The north of Namibia is given over to communal land, where subsistance farmers live in small villages of thatched roundel houses.

Hippo rock art

2007-08-31T11:23:00.001+01:00

... On the 'female hill' on the Tsodilo Hills, in northern Botswana.

Home!

2007-08-30T21:20:00.000+01:00

Well, we finally made it home!

Since the last update, we've had a week in the South of Namibia, visiting Fish River Canyon (variously described as the second biggest canyon in the world, or at least in Africa) and the Namib desert dunes - these are the biggest in the world, towering a thousand feet above the surrounding desert.

Both provided some staggering scenary, good walking, and gob-smacking photos (more to follow), and would all have been quite relaxing but for a fast-evaporating fan belt and 1000km of driving on dirt roads with no mobile signal!

Anyway, now back home for some r & r!

Update from the Kalahari

2007-08-17T10:59:00.001+01:00

It's been a packed week since the phone went on the blink.

First stop was Botswana's "Mountain of the Gods" - Tsodilo Hills, where there is evidence of human habitation going back 100,000 yeras, and thousands of amazing rock art paintings.

Next up a drive through Muramba national park, for Hippo & Elephant spotting.

Then on to Livingston in Zambia for a couple of days admiring Victoria Falls (after the nightmare Kazangula river border crossing!)

Then to CHobe national park in Botswana for loads more game and our first close-up encounter with a couple of lions.

We are just now leaving Maun, at the heart of the Okavango Delta, where the worlds largest inland river system disappears into the sands.

Next stop back in Namibia....

Sorry for the interuption to blogging service

2007-08-14T08:14:00.001+01:00

Hello

I am afraid we've had a blog-phone failure, so can't make mobile blog posts! We'll be limited to internet cafe's from now on (infrequent!) so don't worry if you don't hear from us:-)

Just leaving Victoria Falls - ace...