Voie Frison-Roche

Sunday, 30th August 2009

Another sunny day, another adventure from our new guidebook. Voie Frison-Roche on the Brevent East Face is described as THE classic of the Aiguilles Rouge, so of course, it just had to be done...

A Challenge for Rachel & Richard;
Mont-Blanc Ultra Trail?

Saturday, 29th August 2009

Hey guys, is this one for you? We think you should go for it!

Cocher-cochon

Saturday, 29th August 2009

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

Thursday, 27th August 2009

It was the last walk of the AW Thursday night walking group, and true to form for this year the weather was rubbish.

Swiss Style Alpin

Tuesday, 25th August 2009

Finally 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...

Phoenix Long O/Mountain Marathon

Monday, 24th August 2009

If 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...

Ratho Climbing Wall

Monday, 24th August 2009

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, …