Angus Kille Climbing

Angus Kille Climbing Climber that teaches climbing. Bespoke course and instruction available in North Wales

14/05/2026

Had so much fun trying hard above the water. Can’t believe I smashed this in first go. Still buzzing.

Smash It In 8a, Cala Barques. Thanks for the support.
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11/05/2026

I’m glad those stalactites didn’t break. One of the guys cheering me on (Marco) said he knew two people that had broken stalactites up there: one had pain in his ear for a week after hitting the water, the other had a pneumothorax. Thanks for cheering me on Marco.

I was buzzing for ages after this one. Great last day of our retreat with here in Mallorca – we had such a brilliant team of climbers join us, such a pleasure.

Thanks , and Arnla for the video. I think this one is called West Coast 7b (most of that great is probably the fear factor).
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28/04/2026

A very big move on very small holds.

I had a cool session taking the new Scarpa Blackbirds for a play on The Very Big and the Very Small (8b+) the other day. It’s impressive having such a balanced and stiff shoe – one that’s still sensitive and precise.

I’m still learning how the shoe works (I think my heel is too high at the end of this rockover, as well as needing to open my hip) but it’s exciting to see some serious innovation in climbing shoes. Will report back when I’ve tried them more 👍

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10/04/2026

Managing performance anxiety at the crag… This area of my climbing used to be a weak point, but strategies like these have relieved that pressure or leveraged it into a kind of strength – and it’s more fun in the process.

The full video is on the .climbing YouTube.

How do you manage the pressure at the crag?

Injury has been a theme of this trip for me. What’s great is that it somehow hasn’t stopped me from getting pumped and f...
10/03/2026

Injury has been a theme of this trip for me. What’s great is that it somehow hasn’t stopped me from getting pumped and fighting on long endurance routes – which happens to be exactly what I wanted from this trip.

A mild nerve compression has meant my right arm gets pumped really quickly (not ideal here in Oliana) and I’ve kind of been dragging it up the route, but getting a really good fight in the process.

I savour the process of working routes more and more these days – you get to see so much progress when you look for it. Not being able to send seems like a very small complaint at the end of a wonderful family trip. We’re heading home now, hopefully these little injuries don’t stick around too long 🙂🤞

Thanks for the first pic, and for the rest 📸
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I’m pretty blown away by how knackered I’ve been on this trip — turns out there are no rest days with a toddler.I could ...
24/02/2026

I’m pretty blown away by how knackered I’ve been on this trip — turns out there are no rest days with a toddler.

I could write a long list of the fatigue, distractions, logistics, time squeezes, stress, and parenting-related injuries we’ve juggled on this trip alone. But the list of reasons we’re actually *lucky* is almost identical.

As much as we compromise, run ourselves down, and otherwise manage parenting madness, they’re small concessions for getting to hold onto the best bits of our lives at the same time.

I don’t feel warm and fuzzy about fatherhood in the pain-in-the-arse moments — I mostly just think “this is a pain in the arse.” But making a human and raising it is a big, bad-ass, high-stakes experience. There isn’t really an easy way. It’s either hard, or you opt out of that experience.

Climbing isn’t this thing I love that I now *have* to do with a kid in tow. It’s something I *get* to do. With a kid.
It doesn’t look the same, and it’s hard a lot of the time, but we’re playing the big, high-stakes game now. It’s pretty cool.
I’m absolutely wrecked.

Shoutout to , who gave up her body for this project and is still breastfeeding and doing the night shift on top of everything else. I don’t know how she’s doing it, but she almost climbed 8c at the weekend 🤷‍♂️
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16/02/2026

When I started trying Fish Eye at the beginning of this trip, it felt absolutely crazy. Now it just feels a bit over-ambitious. Progress.

Having a lot of fun getting completely knackered on this route. All those little tweaks and gains are probably the best bit of projecting, and at this stage you get a bunch of them every session.
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Months of bouldering haven’t set me up that well for 50m sport routes. I’ve been getting pumped going bolt-to-bolt on th...
09/02/2026

Months of bouldering haven’t set me up that well for 50m sport routes. I’ve been getting pumped going bolt-to-bolt on this route (Fish Eye) – it feels endless. It’s hard to imagine linking all this hard climbing in one massive pitch, but that’s what I love about endurance routes – hundreds of tiny tweaks and efficiencies add up to make it possible.

Travelling, working and projecting with a toddler is kind of madness – we’re always busy and there’s not much rest involved. I’ve had a rest day for every go on this route so far. But even one burn is enough good climbing on good rock to keep me happy

Thanks for the main photo of me going bolt-to-bolt on Fish Eye 8c
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I’ve noticed I tend to overcook my training a bit. I always err on the side of doing more, squeezing the most out of a s...
26/12/2025

I’ve noticed I tend to overcook my training a bit. I always err on the side of doing more, squeezing the most out of a session and I always find it hard to turn off the ‘try hard’ on routes and boulders.

This ‘more is better’ approach has definitely helped me in my climbing, and so has that ‘try hard’ I find so easily. But I’ve also got fatigued and overtrained in training periods, and never had much training consistency because I haven’t realised I’ve been overdoing it.

The irony is that I’m constantly talking about this in mental training. It’s really easy for people to push a bit far, thinking that pushing hard is where progress comes from. And it’s super common – if people aren’t avoiding psychological challenges (falling for example) then they’re often pushing too far (gritting their teeth and going for the big fall).

Obviously we get stronger by pushing ourselves. But it’s not as if more is always better. There’s a point in which you get over-tired, over-trained or injured. You’ve got to find the sweet spot of dosage – the optimal challenge level, the optimal stimulus.

Fortunately, when I overdo it in training (or on the rock) I just get in a bit of an energy hole – these photos are from a mega session which I should have just cut short, but had to take a week off instead. The bigger risk is that I push hard like this and get injured.

We pay much less attention to optimal psychological challenge in climbing — but it matters just as much.

Imagine following a physical training plan without tracking sessions, load, or volume. Progress would be inconsistent at best, and injury would be likely. Psychological training works the same way.

When you start paying attention to the dosage your nervous system is getting, progress becomes steadier and more sustainable.

This is a big part of what we do at Strong Mind. We’re launching our full course in about 10 days, and it’s the most complete tool we have for helping climbers build consistency, confidence, and long-term progress.

If you’re curious, send me a message or check out .climbing. Or see our Trustpilot reviews

Thanks for these photos on Twin Cracks V9/7C

Merry Christmas!

28/10/2025

There’s a lot of ways to *almost* climb this one, but most of them lead to a dead end. That’s probably why they called it the maze…?

Maybe you could tell I hadn’t finished sussing out the subtleties here. It’s nice to climb something well – with precision and good ex*****on – but it’s also exciting when it goes down so unexpectedly 💥

Thanks for supporting me on this one, and filming whilst breastfeeding 🤱 📸

A Maze of Death V12/8A+
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