Saturday 21st - Saturday 28th March 2009

General Climbing Week

Costa Blanca

We have just two places left on this course and are offering it at a massive 50% discount!

Holiday includes

7 nights self catering accommodation, 6 days instructed climbing, airport transfers and transport, all climbing equipment.

Course is sutiable for everyone who wants to improve their skills and climb lots.

Weather is amazing at the moment during the day 26 degrees!

Orignial cost is £489 COST NOW IS £245 per person.

Contact us now by calling 0845 686 4586

or click her to email us now

Phil Steadman on a Rock & Sun Bouldering Holiday in Albarracin, December 2008

Phil also made the first ascent of “Rocker’s Revenge”

Albaracin until recently has been a closely guarded Spanish secret.  Now it is fast becoming one of Europes  leading bouldering venues……….easily challenging Font’s crown and offering so much more……..  Albaracin gives us an  immense bouldering area with varied rock suitable for the beginner through to the more experinced, every boulder is a classic with lots of different styles of climbing with soft safe landings!, the weather is great very settled with lots of blue skies, there are no crowds and it offers a special charm with stunning scenery that stays with you entising you back time and time again!

Rock & Sun offer bouldering trips throughout the year to guide you around this stunning area.  Our specialist bouldering coaches have immense local knowledge taking you to the best boulders for you, they will improve all areas of your technique, ability and confidence and help you to achieve your goals and aspirations ensuring you maximise your time and have an amazing trip.

Weekends include:

3 days bouldering coaching, 3 nights self catering accommodation, airport transfers, local transport & crash pads

You need: climbing shoes, flights to Valencia (arrive Friday & depart Monday)

Next trip available is Friday 13th - Monday 16th March 2009

The inclusive cost is £399

Click here for more info or click here to email or call 0845 686 4586

Saturday 7th - Saturday 14th February 2009

Costa Blanca

This will be a fantastic week covering all areas of climbing and available to everyone, of all abiliites, who want to climb, improve and have fun.

You will be instructed by the very best instructors on some of the best routes in Europe.

The week includes: 6 days instruction, self catering accommodation, airport transfers, transport to each climbing day and all climbing equipment.

You need: Climbing shoes, harness & helmets, flight to Alicante and holiday insurance to include rock climbing activities.

There is a massive 25% discount, so just £370 each

GET BOOKING NOW!!!!!

On Monday 24th November, Chris did his second 8a.

“it felt great to do another one, so I know the first one wasn’t a fluke. ‘El Desafio’ (the defiant) was a totally different style, very bouldery type moves as opposed to the long sustained stamina route that I did before in L’ocaive.”

Mountaineering - The Essential Skills

What does mountaineering mean to you?

John Ruskin, Author, once said ‘Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery’

William Blake, English Poet, said ‘Great things happen when Man and Mountains meet.’

But this quote is one that I am sure all of us can relate to, may be in life and most certainly out in the mountains!

“Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.”

UK Mountains are diverse and stunning with a unique climate, wildlife and environment. For climbers these mountains offer us some amazing challenges with a wide variety of climbing styles and grades.

But Mountains provide us with more challenges than just climbing, first we have to get to the location, deal with weather conditions, scramble over easier ground safely and that’s just for starters!

Learning more Mountaineering skills is an essential way of maximising your enjoyment as well as ensuring your safety in these sometimes treacherous environments.

Newly launched is a course which takes you on a practical and remote journey over two days across the North Wales Mountains where you will undertake the challenges and prepare your readiness for mountaineering in the UK.

The weekend will include skills such as preparation and planning, navigation both for day and night and in thick weather, bivouac systems, steep ground techniques, short roping & rope work for scrambling, equipment selection, journey planning, safety points and emergency procedures and much much more.

This course is unique where you will learn the skills ‘real time’ with ‘real time’ scenarios to test you. You will be coached through these fundamental skills of mountain craft with qualified, experienced but above all enthusiastic and committed Mountaineering Instructors giving you a real adventure, lots of fun and importantly giving you skills to keep you safer and happier on your future mountain days.

This course is suitable for everyone who wants to learn more, climber, walker or adventurer!

And let us leave you with one of our favourite quotes

“In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs!’
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher.

Last year we ran a workshop weekend with an emphasis on refreshing and learning traditional climbing skills.  It was so successful we are going to do another one Easter 2009.

Arriving on Friday evening leaving on Monday evening, you will stay in a beautiful village hotel just a few minutes drive from the very best climbing areas in the Costa Blanca and climb for three days with a highly qualified MIC guide.  The three days will be packed full with traditional climbing skills, including gear placement, anchors, safety and of course lots of climbing!  A fantastic get away to climb under perfect blue skies!

Weekend includes:

3 nights hotel accommodation (Fri, Sat, Sun), breakfast and packed lunches, 3 days climbing instruction (Sat, Sun, Mon), Airport transfers, transport to each climbing day, all climbing equipment.

Costs £349 per person.

Book now to reserve your place!

This is what the R&S European office did in their lunch yesterday!

The weather was so gorgeous, with perfect blue skies, that we had to get out and climb.  We did a very quick ascent of the Penon d’Ifach, Calpe, Costa Blanca, and ran back down then back to the office to work!!

Here is a photo to show you that actually we are having some fantastic weather, its way up in the north of Spain that is suffering!!

Come join us now!!!

There has been much talk in the media over recent weeks warning us of bad investments and unprotected companies.

We are taking this opportunity to remind you of what Rock & Sun gives you.

• Rock & Sun are a UK registered limited company so although much of our operations are abroad we follow the strictest UK guidelines for liability insurance and protection. We follow all the Trade & Standards regulations and are associated to AMI the Mountaineering governing body.  We also follow all guidelines of recognised bodies within the countries we are operating in and in many cases have direct associations with them.

• Rock & Sun Ltd are one of the very few climbing holiday providers who have full protection for our clients. We are bonded with with IGI, who protect our clients in the unlikely event of R&S financial failure.  For full details and policy numbers please click here.

• Rock & Sun have an exemplary accident record, however R&S is covered by a £5,000,000 liability insurance policy in the case of an accident.

• R&S instructors are of the highest quality.  All our instructors are insured and qualified each having regular update training and annual reassessment so as to ensure the highest levels of instruction and the very best holidays.

What this means, to you, is that as always with Rock & Sun you will have professional, safe, fantastic holidays with the very best highly qualified instructors all with peace of mind that you are fully protected and knowing you have picked the market leaders.

Rock & Sun are off to Morocco for the Autumn Pilgrimage.

CHEAP FLIGHTS!
We were shocked at the scary prices with Easy Jet and some of the other usual suspects and have managed to find some much cheaper flights! Its a great airline we have used before called Atlas Blue

Your instructor will meet you at Marrakech airport take you to your sumptuous hotel and you’ll have the rest of the day and night to discover the enticing awe inspiring Marakech Medina. Then off to the amazing climbing zone Todra, returning again to Marrakech for one last explore on the Friday night.

FREE NIGHTS!
For the really cheap flights you have to arrive on the Friday and depart on the Sunday dates……. So we are giving an amazing two nights bed & breakfast for free!!  Saving you money and giving you a precious two extra nights to explore this amazingly unique city.

Friday 10th - Sunday 19th October

Friday 17th - Sunday 26th October

Book now and secure the last few remaining places.