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From Skiing in Mayrhofen
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From Three fantastic winter days in Scotland
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From Frendo-Ravanel, Part 2
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From Arctic Stanage
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From Birthdays and Snow
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From Ascent of Coire An War Memorial
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From Frendo-Ravanel, Part 1
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From Ben Nevis, Point Five Gully
Richard and I are skiing in Mayrhofen this week. The snow on our first ski day was really good (particularly for Easter), but we were in the cloud all day and so the visibility was not great. It was tricky to see the piste-markers and at times we had to wait for skiers to come …
We’ve just had three fantastic winter days in Scotland. Blue sky, hardly any wind, and lots and lots of ice.
The axe ripped. I was off! The air left my lungs involuntarily, sounding the alarm as it passed my vocal chords, its pitch raised. The sound of total, all-embracing, fear.
After a day at my parents we visited Paul for a trip into the Peak District. We thought a walk along Stanage might be nice. We eventually got to Hathersage and dug out a space for Paul’s car, deciding to take the 4×4 up the hill.
The weather this weekend is cold! But unlike the past several weekends that have seen brilliant winter climbing conditions in Scotland there’s a strong wind and almost blizzard conditions prevailing outside right now!
A day of high adventure in the snowy Leicestershire mountains!
My alarm chirped into life, sounding every bit as pleased with itself as it usually did. It was 4am. I shuffled in my sleeping bag to free an arm to silence it and fumbled for my head torch.
Another night sleeping in the back of the car, another 4am alarm call, and another world-class classic Scottish winter route. This time on the mountain that some might consider to be the “crucible of Scottish winter climbing”, the north face of Ben Nevis.
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