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