Indoor climbing is something I have dabbled in a few times over the years, but due to other commitments have never had the time to concentrate enough time on it. So instead whenever I get the opportunity I try and hit a local centre and try out a […]
I hadn’t really ever been on a high ropes course before, so when Dan Brice from the Vivary Adventure & High Ropes Centre in Taunton, Somerset invited me and a friend to come and have a go, we both jumped at the chance! The friend in question was […]
When I was a kid in the eighties, we could be out climbing trees and building dens all day long. It’s a very different story for many kids these days who spend their time playing on computers all day. Well rant over ha ha, but kids these days […]
As part of the acclimatisation process for Mount Blanc we decided to climb Aiguille du Tour. Little did I know, that due to bad weather later in the trip we wouldn’t summit Mount Blanc and so this would be me highest peak of the trip. Aiguille du Tour […]
The draw to climb another one of the seven summits was just too much and I soon found myself on an aeroflot flight to Moscow. This was the first of two flights which took me across the vast country which is Russia. Arriving in Mineralnye Vody airport I […]
Arriving at Alan Kimber’s Calluna, home of the West Coast Mountain Guides http://www.westcoast-mountainguides.co.uk climbing centre in Fort William on 19th February 2005 the first thing I noticed was that the place, in contrast to my last visit on Dec 4th of 2004, was buzzing with activity. The car […]
Climbing Toubkal was a challenge I had been contemplating for some time. It was recommended to me by good friend and fellow mountain junky who said that I really should climb it in the winter. So, when I spotted a great deal travelling with the Adventure Company for […]
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