Category: Mountaineering
Climbing mountains (big, and not so big).
Pippa's first Grade I gully on Ben Lui....
Climbing in Canada's Bow valley is noted for its compact limestone with a lack of cracks...
Sunday's weather wasn't quite as sunny as forecast, but that wasn't gonna get in the way of our planned adventure up to Craig Yr Ysfa to show Dave & Fiona up the awesome mountaineering classic - Amphitheater Buttress...
An Alpine start, we got up extra early this morning to catch the 6.10am lift up to the Aiguille du Midi. Our plan was to climb Cheré Gully on the Triangle du Tacul...
After waking up to a beautiful morning, late as usual, I was keen to get out after two days cooped up in the apartment...
Well, if summer has been and gone in England, it's certainly happening in the Rockies...
It was wet today! So wet that we almost stayed home and looked out of the windows wishing we were more dedicated... Are we just fair weather climbers?
I didn't want to miss out on all this adventuring on the Ben, so lucky for me Jon was keen to make the trip up north again. We left Penrith by 5.30 on Wednesday evening and made it to Fort William by 10pm. After stopping at the BP garage for a quick cup of beige coloured water that was unsuccessfully pretending to be tea, we headed for the car park that would be our place of rest for the short night ahead...
Jon and Ian enjoy the sun at the top of Orion Direct
