Sterling Adventures » Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Proper Powder Day http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/31/a-proper-powder-day/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/31/a-proper-powder-day/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:04:51 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=17278 Fantastic powder snow equals a great day's skiing. Now if only I could get Rachel to fall over more!

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/30/powder-day/feed/ 1 Bifurcation Lake http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/29/bifurcation-lake/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/29/bifurcation-lake/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:55:19 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16431 Scotland lives up to its reputation as a suburb of the Arctic, but disappoints hydrologists everywhere...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/29/bifurcation-lake/feed/ 3 Cooking Class http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/27/cooking-class/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/27/cooking-class/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:01:13 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16152 What to do for a day in a large city in a far-away land? Take a cooking course...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/27/cooking-class/feed/ 9 Caving in Kuala Lumpur http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/19/caving-in-kuala-lumpur/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/19/caving-in-kuala-lumpur/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:44:19 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16007 A visit to Batu Caves in Kuala Lumur...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/19/caving-in-kuala-lumpur/feed/ 2 A week in Mallorca (part 1) http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/25/a-week-in-mallorca-part-1/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/25/a-week-in-mallorca-part-1/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:30:20 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15576 Sun, sea and shipwreck...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/25/a-week-in-mallorca-part-1/feed/ 5 Work conference in Murnau, Germany http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/09/work-conference-in-murnau-germany/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/09/work-conference-in-murnau-germany/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:01:34 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15447 Ludwig's ridiculous Venus Grotto. Everything in the picture is fake. Work takes me to Murnau, near Munich, but there's still time for a little adventure...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/08/rescued-from-daren-cilau/feed/ 15 La Muntanya de Sal http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/07/18/la-muntaya-de-sal/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/07/18/la-muntaya-de-sal/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:28:12 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14561 El Parador de Cardona. A conference in Catalonia gives me the chance to visit an underground salt mine...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/30/dolomiti-giorno-5/feed/ 3 First days at Les Deux Alpes http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/04/04/first-days-at-les-deux-alpes/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/04/04/first-days-at-les-deux-alpes/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:41:39 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12960 The start of a week's skiing in the French Alps.

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