This is a gallery of a selection of my best photos of my rock climbing, hiking and via ferreta adventures. I update it regularly with new photos, but keep a few of my favourite photos in the gallery too.
Climbing Sunshine (Font 4) at Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire.
Me climbing the Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel in the Dolomites.
Camping Colfosco and Sassongher in the Dolomites, Italy
Bouldering at the Beacon Climbing Centre
Me getting some chalk while climbing the pocket-filled orange 13 problem at Roche aux Sabots.
Climbing a corner on stemples.
Me climbing Pinnacle Ridge, Polldubh crags, Glen Nevis, Scotland
Climbing the absolutely brilliant Gargoyle Flake (VS, 4c) at Bamford Edge.
Heading up a snowy and icy ridge to the summit of Corn Du.
The Jungfraubahn mountain railway and the Jungfrau in Switzerland.
Me climbing the Sentiero de Luca / Innerkofler
Placing gear on Pillar Arete (VD*) on a hot June day at Stanage Edge.
Climbing to climb the 3* problem Jacko Slab, on the Jacko Boulder at Settle Earth Boulders.
Me climbing the Via delle Trincee.
Me climbing an unnamed 4C problem on the Wavelength Boulder in Llanberis Pass, while Katrina spots me.
A ladder on the Rotstock Via Ferrata. The Eigergletscher Station and Eiger Trail are behind and below.
Me climbing problem number 6 on the orange circuit at Buthiers Piscine.
Me on the Via Ferrata Lamon.
Me climbing the problem Willy Wonka (3b) in the Wavelength Utopia area of the Llanberis Pass.
The spillway of Scar House Dam.
Me climbing The Crook on The Lamb boulder at Burbage South Valley.
The Salt Cellar boulder.
Me bouldering on the Marsh Boulder at the RAC Boulders.
Climbing the Via Ferrata Brigata Tridentina.
Trying to climb Cellar Slab 2 (V2 5c) in The Cellar area of The Roaches.
Valerie on the bridge on the Via Ferrata Sandro Pertini in the Dolomites, Italy.
Me on the Via Ferrata Ivano Dibona in the Cristallo range of the Dolomites, Italy.
Pert Bloke (V0+ 5a) is a really interesting, fun problem (I didn’t even mind the sit start).
Me by Rylstone Cross in the Yorkshire Dales. Copyright: Valerie Van den Hende
Me leading Happy Return at Castle Inn.
Me climbing on Holyhead Mountain.
Valerie climbing JT (V0- 4b) at Robin Hood’s Stride.
Climbing the via ferrata Via Delle Trincee in the Dolomites.
Valerie climbing at Mont Aigu.
Climbing The Bishop’s Move problem on Joe’s Boulder.
Valerie climbing problem number 1 at Rocher des Potets.
The rock climbing wedding cake toppers on the chocolate marquis.
Climbing at Stanage Edge.
Climbers on the Via Ferrata Sandro Pertini
Me on the first section of ladders on the Murren-Gimmelwald Via Ferrata.
Climbing problem number 12 on the yellow circuit at Canche aux Merciers.
Climbing Monkey Crack (VDiff) at Stanage.
Valerie climbing Bog Standard Slab on The Sentry boulder at Burbage South Valley.
Me climbing the Klettersteig Huterlaner.
Me climbing problem yellow 28 at Buthiers Piscine.
Leo climbing on The Perched Block, with Josh spotting him. If you look closely, it seems like Josh’s shadow is giving Leo a helping hand.
Climbers at Froggatt Edge
Climbing the problem The Black Cross (3) on the Jacko Boulder, at Settle Earth Boulders.
Me standing on an outcome of Castle Rock.
Rime on a boulder on the summit of Glyder Fawr in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales.
An old groyne on Bossington Beach.
The view down as I traversed across the Lauterbrunnen cliffs.
La Princesita (IV) at Fataga.
With the weather completely changed, I went back to Stanage Far Right. Here I’m climbing Steps (VB 4a).
The River Nidd south of Dacre Banks.
The Nidderdale Way running along Thrope Lane, just outside of Lofthouse.
Me on the 80-metre long suspension bridge on the Murren-Gimmelwald Via Ferrata
Climbing the corner of a cave on the Via Ferrata La Guagua on Gran Canaria.
Lake Windermere from the slopes of a snowy Red Screes.
Me enjoying the snow, ice and trying out my new ski goggles on the way up Cribyn.
Hoping the rain will stop while belaying at Stanage.
Limestone pavement above Thwaite Scars near Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales.
Libby and Me on the first pitch of Oberon.
Me abseiling down a section of Fiacaill Coire an t’Sneachda.
Climbing the boulder problem Big Slab Right (V0+, 5a) on a wonderfully sunny day at Higgar Tor.