Aiguille de la Gliére – Mani pulite

Monday, 31st August 2009 by Laetitia
The "airy and impressive" final pitch.We phoned the plumber this morning. I think French plumbers go to the same school as British plumbers. They could no longer come today, how about tomorrow?!?

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Voie Frison-Roche

Sunday, 30th August 2009 by Laetitia
Brévent SummitAnother sunny day, another adventure from our new guidebook. Voie Frison-Roche on the Brévent East Face is described as THE classic of the Aiguilles Rouge, so of course, it just had to be done...

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And they're off!Hey guys, is this one for you? We think you should go for it!

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Cocher-cochon

Saturday, 29th August 2009 by Laetitia
IMG_5339We have a new guidebook - the new Michel Piola The Aiguilles Rouge (English version) - so we looked for something reasonably short for our first day in Chamonix...

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South African Adventure

Friday, 28th August 2009 by Joe
I had always wanted to go to South Africa, so when I saw this opportunity to take a trekking holiday that took in the Drakensberg Mountains I was thrilled.

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BBQ summer fizzles out

Thursday, 27th August 2009 by Ian
great mell fell 001It was the last walk of the AW Thursday night walking group, and true to form for this year the weather was rubbish.

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Swiss Style Alpin

Tuesday, 25th August 2009 by Rebecca
At the TopFinally we managed to meet up with our friends from Zurich for a nice and easy mountaineering route up the Grassen in the Berner Oberland region...

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Phoenix Long O/Mountain Marathon

Monday, 24th August 2009 by Rachel
PhoenixIf the Dolomites hadn't been enough for the old legs, we finished off the holidays with the Phoenix long o/mountain marathon near Rothbury in Northumberland...

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