Seeing a live climbing competition had been on my wish list for a little while so when I realised that one of the competitions that makes up the climbing world cup was in Chamonix a summer holiday was planned around it. I was not disappointed! British climbing is exploding with competition climbers competing on the…
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My first Via Ferrata; Curalla, Passy, Nr Chamonix, France
‘I’m perfectly safe, I wont die, but what would happen if I slipped?’ not the most helpful thought when crossing a Himylayan style wire bridge above a 100m drop. Via Ferrata involves wire features linked with a continuous cable that you attach to with a specially designed dual karabiner device that means you are always…
Mountain of the month July 2019: Going alpine in Chamonix, Petit Flambeau 3440m, France
Over the past 5 or so years of being involved on the peripheries of the outdoor community the whispers of ‘alpine routes’ have got louder and louder. The place most often associated with them has almost always been Chamonix. Famous (in my head) for steep skiing and Mont Blanc, Chamonix hadn’t really been on my…
Mountain of the month August 2017: Tryfan, North Wales – a spicy scramble
This August I will mainly associate with rain but this has not deterred me from trying to make the effort to get to the mountains. Even if the forecast isn’t great I tell myself that with any mountainous area the forecast will be changeable, perhaps patches of better weather will blow through and off I set….
Sport climbing and steam trains in Swanage
A long awaited return visit to Dorset had finally been planned after my first visit two years ago (see post here), unfortunately there was a lot of double rain drop action on the weather forecast for the weekend. I think the double raindrop has been the weather sign of my summer but I have tried…
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