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From Gimmer
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From SMC Meet at RLH
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From Holiday With Doggies - Part 2,
Dolomites and Venice
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From Holiday With Doggies - Part 1, Arco
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From Piz Ciavazes - Rossi/Tomasi Route
(and a lesson learned)
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From Last Day of Cragging at Gaillands
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From Aiguille Rouge
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From Eperon Nord, North West slabs of
Aiguille du Peigne
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From At last a day without paint - L'ile aux Razmokets
Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
The forecast was for sun and Astrid had called to say she had a pass out.
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?
It’s not only Terry and Bernie who fancied the Dolomites this summer.
This summer I planned our holiday to Lake Como (Lecco) with the kids. The kids, on the other hand, planned a holiday to Lake Garda (Arco) with me.
Seen from from the Sella Pass road, the Piz Ciavazes cannot fail to impress – a massive wall of steep, good rock which breaks abruptly two thirds the way up at the ‘Gamsband’. Most routes proceed no further than this level, since the upper tier is said to be poor rock. Even more impressive is …
The morning dawned misty in the valley, so after a late breakfast of pain au chocolat and coffee in town we had a late start for a short midday session at Les Gaillands. The crag was deserted, as the holiday period was over, or was it because only English climb in the heat of the …
After the adventures of yesterday we were looking for a more relaxed day today. We headed to the top of the Index chairlift.
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!
After what seemed like endless days of scraping, sanding, painting, and more painting of the apartment’s shutters [more on that latter with before and after pictures] Ian and I finally got out to do some climbing…
