Note – 2025-07-23 07:56
Classic Sierra Nevada adventure! 🏔️ Yesterday’s high-level romp along the Tajos de la Virgen ridge delivered everything you’d want from a mountain day - thrilling Grade 1 scrambling, breathtaking dist...
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Note – 2025-07-16 11:21
Wasps appear to be a lot more aggressive than normal at the moment. Went 20+ years living in Spain and not getting stung and then this year I've had about 15 stings in the past few months just wanderi...
Note – 2025-07-04 12:23
Traversing Spain's Sierra Nevada in under 4 minutes - short video of 2 day N to S crossing of the range from Pradollano to Lanjarón in July 2025. During this hike we also visited the source of the Río...
Note – 2025-06-28 14:33
This short video shows you what its like to disconnect. There's no fancy music nor AI gimmicks. We didn't see anybody for a couple of days, just wild flowers, running waters, birds, animals, high moun...
Note – 2025-06-27 17:54
Spending a night in a bivouac close to a mountain lake certainly allows you to see it's many changing faces. Here's some images of lake reflections from last 24 hours at Laguna Cabrero, Sierra Nevada
Note – 2025-06-27 15:07
Hiking at first light is such a wonderful time to be alive. Here in , waking up at 2700m is amazing. The air is cool and the light is sharp. The mountains stand out, not the normal summer heat haze bl...
Note – 2025-06-27 12:42
Last nights sunset bivouac at Laguna Cabrero 2710m, nacimentos del Río Durcal, Sierra Nevada
Note – 2025-06-20 19:39
I wrote a blog post about our recent backpacking adventures in the Spanish and French Pyrenees. Not many english speakers have heard of the 3000 Ibónes. Ibon is the Aragon word for mountain lake. It w...
Note – 2025-06-20 06:03
Approaching the Spanish/French border at the Puerto de Marcadeau 2541m in the Pyrenees mountain range. No passports needed to be stamped here though. In fact nobody within miles! There is something th...
Note – 2025-06-17 14:00
Just returned from an amazing week in the including a 3 day backpacking trip. After getting our asses kicked by storms on the first night we crossed over the Haute Pyrenees from Spain to France via 25...
Note – 2025-06-09 18:39
I've arrived in the Pyrenees. As you can see there are some stunning sights. Heading up into the mountains tomorrow With @khusky
Note – 2025-06-08 05:47
Big country Spain, 10 hours drive north starting today, heading for the High Pyrenees (Pirineo Aragonés, 3000 Ibones) and a weeks backpacking. Looking forward to some splendid isolation, camping by la...
Note – 2025-06-03 15:17
Today I've had a tough day lying asleep in a field of daisies, under the sun, surrounded by high mountains. It was hell, I tell you, but somebody has to do it.
Note – 2025-06-01 15:20
Still plenty of snow around still in Spain's Sierra Nevada. May need micro spikes or crampons to cross snow slopes pre-midday but after that it becomes soft very quickly. This is @khusky traversing so...
Note – 2025-05-29 08:36
The magical world of the snow tunnel Lavaderos de la Reina, Sierra Nevada, España 27th May
Note – 2025-05-28 08:24
Waterfalls tumbling out of Lavaderos de la Reina valley in Spain's Sierra Nevada yesterday
Note – 2025-05-25 09:13
I screamed again today 😱 as I disturbed a warming snake out of it's morning slumber. It ran at an alarming pace past my legs stopping briefly to hiss it's annoyance and headed off into the bush. Dark...
Note – 2025-05-25 08:51
Plenty of water still coming down from the Sierra Nevada on this morning's dog walk. Long may it continue!
Note – 2025-05-15 06:26
Unusual hike to visit the Cascadas del Rio Dilar yesterday. Route up the valley involved 30 river crossings! 15 there and 15 back. The water was between knee and mid-thigh level deep, flowing quite st...