By ricardo on March 7, 2009
Well, we’ve had the busiest February since we arrived in 2002. Spanish Highs Mountain guides have been working hard at the winter mountaineering and alpine courses and ascents of Mulhacen recently. I seem to have been demoted to “office boy” and whilst others have been out doing all the “mountain” fun things, I’ve been running [...]
Posted in Alpujarra life, Dogs, Lanjaron
By ricardo on December 19, 2008
The original El Perro Negro (Rocky) shown here being very silly and giddy just cos it’s snowed! [MEDIA=5]
Posted in Dogs, Photos
By ricardo on December 19, 2008
Bruno sits poised in his LazeeBoy leather armchair awaiting his nightly brandy and cigar!
Posted in Dogs, News
By ricardo on November 27, 2008
Ok, so it’s not going too well! Faster than last year but he still prefers mountain goats to pulling in a straight line. Next week we are attempting an ascent of Veleta in the Sierra Nevada. If you are skiing then and see us please do not laugh! Ah well, back to the drawing board. [...]
Posted in Dogs, Photos | Tagged husky, skijoring
By ricardo on November 13, 2008
We have been doing a lot of repair work on our cortijo recently, and had some materials left over, so decided to pull down the old dog shelter and make a new one. This is very smart and made out of local stone instead of concrete blocks. in fact, the quality of build is probably [...]
Posted in Dogs
By ricardo on August 28, 2008
Yesterday went up the 3009m high Cerro de Caballo above Lanjaron with 2 of our dogs, Bruno (leonberger) and Khumbu (Husky). It was a bit warm for them but as you can see from the photos they seemed to have a good time and managed to cool off in some high mountain streams and lakes. [...]
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By admin on July 20, 2008
We have a small spanish terrier that my neighbour, Antonio, was going to get rid of. I’ve has him for 2 years now. He’s a fiesty little devil and is typically noisy. We call him “Tapa”, as he is just a bite sized piece for my other dog, Bruno, who towers over him, rather like [...]
Posted in Dogs
By ricardo on June 9, 2008
Our dogs, Bruno and Khumbu made it to the top of Mulhacen yesterday after a 5 hour ascent from the ranger station above Capileira. They were part of the Spanish Highs “team” that was helping in the ascent for a UK woman, who’s brother was killed on the mountain in 2006.
Posted in Dogs, Trips | Tagged capileira, Dogs, mulhacen
By ricardo on May 19, 2008
The mad leonberger in question was my dog Bruno, of course. He loves the snow and tends to get “carried away” by it all. Trouble is that the origins of a “Leonberger” are a mix of Newfoundland, Pyrennean Mountain and …. St Bernard. This makes him believe that his sole role in life is to [...]
Posted in Dogs, Trips | Tagged leonberger, sierra nevada, snowshoeing, spain
By ricardo on May 15, 2008
Ok, it was just an idea. Sounded great. Get a husky and train it to pull us uphill on skis. It’s a large and growing sport evidently in North America and Scandanavia. Well we may live in the driest part of Europe, but if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for us. Right? [...]
Posted in Dogs, Trips | Tagged husky, sierra nevada, skijoring
Mountain and Leonberger loving recluse, now living in Spain's Sierra
Nevada mountains
