Always an Adventure
Overhanging traverses, terrifying Nepali bridges, and monkey bridge river crossings. A lot has changed in the world of via ferrata since the days when my Dad and I ascended some of the Dolomite classics when I was a teenager. Some … Continued
Calling myself directeur sportif may be an exaggeration as Lillian and Mark in the main ignored my race strategy advice and I wasn’t able to drive alongside in a car and shout at them to try harder in the time … Continued
Three days after deciding to go to Scotland, Pete and I were starting the infamous Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye, scrambling along slippery rock in the rain towards the bivouac gear which we had left on a col about … Continued
Twenty six years later… a repeat ascent of the Cosmiques Arête. Winter climbing is like eating eggs. Just as scrambling an egg turns the raw ingredient into one of nature’s miracle foods, so, taking away the people, airbrushing the track, … Continued
How I managed, through gross underestimation of the objective, to make what I thought was going to be easy rock outing turn into something more memorable. We’ve been spending most our time in the Vercors cycling. This has been fantastic; quiet roads, … Continued
Introduction This post provides some information that may be useful for anyone wanting to go to the Wendenstöcke, Signal or Lehn. The main post on my trip there is here: Rock Climbing in Switzerland. Location All these areas are close … Continued
The Wendenstöcke (near to Interlaken in Switzerland) is one of the best climbing areas around if you like top quality rock, sustained and technical climbing and leg-shaking exposure (and occasionally run-outs). Any climb there is a memorable experience, and ever since I … Continued
