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From Ama Dablam
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
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It’s one of the best scrambles in the Lakes! So what better way to kick off the Easter Bank Holiday weekend?
Great exposure, some fun scrambling and a stiff (freezing) wind...
And so we start the log of climbing conditions, routes, issues - anything - reported by you...
Sunday dawned with beautiful spring Alpine weather. Is there a better invite to head for the rock?
Call us crazy, but, in an attempt to grab “just one more ice climb†before the rock climbing season really kicks in (and making full use of cheap Easy-Jet flights to Geneva) we headed for Switzerland!
Capella (E1) is an awesome route in any conditions.
I’ve wanted to visit Norway for ages and ages to climb the ice that drips down the sides of the massive gorge below the famous heavy water plant.
In November 2005 Laetitia and I made our first joint trip to Nepal to attempt to climb Ama Dablam, the “Matterhorn of the Himalayas”. Nepal is perhaps one of the most amazing places on Earth; the highest mountains on Earth, culturally inspiring, and devastatingly beautiful! 😛 We trekked from Lukla, after flying in from Kathmandu, …