Note – 2024-01-12 15:49
A few from today's excursion into Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Once away from the ski area we saw nobody all day and had to make our own tracks through the snow. Varying conditions, some hardpack,...
Tag: mountaineering
Note – 2024-01-03 11:17
Here's a few of my very favorite mountaineering quotes . Some good ones here, including ... "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." (Evan Hardin) "If you don't let g...
Note – 2023-12-03 10:26
3 Dec 2010. Patagonian Icecap. Probably my most difficult mountain day ever. I remember well the exhaustion and tiredness and also the relief when we were able to retreat the following day, albeit a t...
Note – 2023-11-30 17:02
Really enjoyed reading Colin Haley's blog on his winter solo attempt on Cerro Torre's west face. Some incredible photography too! https://colinhaley.com/a-frigid-spanking-attempting-a-winter-solo-asce...
Note – 2023-07-16 09:13
A blast from the past ... heading out onto the Aiguille du Midi arête, heart in mouth! The Grand Jorasses behind. Space all around. My first time in the Alps, 1983
Note – 2023-06-30 20:16
Just treated myself to the new Motorola Defy Satellite Link. Seems like a great cost effective, simple to use, add-on device for the day hiker/ climber/ cyclist / remote worker on land who are simply...
Note – 2023-03-22 08:33
Memories from the past: 17th July 1983 and my first time on the summit of Mont Blanc 4807 metres. Couldn't see a thing! Love the cheap "scout shop" waterproofs and the lack of helmets and harnesses. J...
Note – 2023-01-29 12:01
Some photos from our expedition to climb/ski Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Kamchatka. Fantastic experience, lovely people and an amazing country, but harsh weather and mountain conditions. The mountain even...
Note – 2023-01-18 10:29
Photo from a few years ago ... Some of the most difficult ski touring I've ever done, whilst attempting the peak of Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Kamchatka. Here, trying to negotiate the rocky and volcanic d...