From Chamonix Dinosaurs
From Autumn Sunshine
From East Cumbria Search Panel
From SMC Meet at RLH
From Shutter Renovation
From Eperon Nord, North West slabs of
Aiguille du Peigne

Author: Pete

Founder of Sterling Adventures!

Kendal Mountain Festival 2012 – Anticipation…

Monday, 29th October 2012

The anticipation is growing for what is perhaps one of the world's best yearly events celebrating outdoor-fuelled adventure - the Kendal Mountain Festival...

Chamonix Dinosaurs

Friday, 19th October 2012

Who’d have though there were dinosaurs in Chamonix!

Autumn Sunshine

Monday, 8th October 2012

Despite the wonderful autumn sunshine it was easy to tell that the weather has consisted of pretty much endless rain for the past several months - the cracks of the main wall of Trowbarrow Quarry were running with water!

An Imperial vs. Metric Rant

Wednesday, 26th September 2012

I don’t understand imperial measurements: and typically the Americans add extra levels of screwiness!

East Cumbria Search Panel

Monday, 24th September 2012

Sunday was my second day out training with the Kendal Mountain Rescue Team. The training was a joint exercise led by Penrith – the East Cumbria Search Panel…

SMC Meet at RLH

Sunday, 9th September 2012

While the BBC confidently proclaimed what wonderful sunny weather we would all be having at the weekend, in Cumbria it was drizzling, foggy, and damp. Why do those dim witted Londoners regularly fail to see beyond the end of their noses?

Shutter Renovation

Friday, 7th September 2012

With her keen eye for decoration Laetitia had noticed (i.e. nagged me about 😉 ) the weathered state (splitting wood and flaking paint 🙁 ) of our shutters. So, being a two-man job lifting the shutters off, and in particular back on to, their hinges I recruited a decorating professional

Alpine Flower Quiz

Thursday, 30th August 2012

While Ian and I waited for Laetitia and Astrid to finish their route on the Aiguille Rouge, sitting on a boulder chatting about this and that, we realised that within just a few metres of where we were sat was an incredible array of alpine flowers.

Eperon Nord, North West slabs of
Aiguille du Peigne

Tuesday, 28th August 2012

We left Chamonix early and arrived at the Aiguille du Plan with frost still covering the grass – the north facing cliff we’d selected for today’s adventures was going to be cold!

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