Aiguille de la Gliere – Mani pulite
Month: August 2009
Voie Frison-Roche
A Challenge for Rachel & Richard;
Mont-Blanc Ultra Trail?
Cocher-cochon
We 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. I liked the look of Cocher-cochon on Clocher de Planpraz. I haven’t done any routes up that way before, and it’s only a 45 minute walk …
BBQ summer fizzles out
Swiss Style Alpin
Phoenix Long O/Mountain Marathon
Ratho Climbing Wall
The climbing wall at Ratho (the EICA; Edinburugh International Climbing Arena) has got to be the biggest climbing wall I’ve ever seen! It has almost the same ability to intimidate as a real crag. 😯 Is it really the largest indoor climbing wall in the world? Perhaps the strangest thing, with such an amazing facility, …
Hat cake
