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Back in the Peak

August 19, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

When the sun is shining, the Peak District really is a great place to come home to. In its August prime of purple heather, the scenery is sumptuous! Two contrasting […]

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Peak, UK

Ablon – un petit peu de cragging

August 17, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

The Grand Beaux Temps were forecast to end in storms in the Val d’Arve and up into chamonix, and my toes weren’t fit for any more multipitch madness, so a […]

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France, French Alps

La Balme – Vieux de la montage.

August 16, 2016by Dominic 2 Comments

More like deux Vieux de la montagne – a very appropriate name. … l certainly felt like an old man of the mountains after this one. La Balme is almost […]

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France, French Alps

Vertiges de l’oubli – Les Vuardes

August 16, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

Back to the limestone, and another of the mega adventure crags of the Val d’Arve – Les Vuardes is on the opposite side of the valley to Maladiere, and similarly […]

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France, French Alps

La Piège

August 16, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

After the fun of Guy Anne, we only had time for a short route before heading back down the hill. The thought of missing the last train down from Montenvers […]

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France, French Alps

Guy Anne, Chamonix

Featuredby Dominic Leave a comment

amonixOur main objective for the week was the route Guy Anne, a 12 pitch TD+ with almost every pitch 6a or 6a+. It takes the skyline of the most prominent […]

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France, French Alps

Refuge d’Envers

August 15, 2016by Dominic 2 Comments

With Grande Beaux Temps forecast for a few days, we decided to head up to the Refuge d’Envers for a couple of days. Our plans for an early start were […]

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France, French Alps

A mini Alpine adventure

August 10, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Just arrived in the Chamonix valley for a week’s Alpine hit. Dodgy weather when we arrived on Tuesday, but an on time flight and speedy car pickup left us with […]

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France, French Alps

Castle Rock and Shepherd’s

August 5, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

We caught up with Mike and Dave in Borrowdale, in more unpromising weather, so an afternoon on Castle Rock was an unexpected bonus. Another handy and fast drying venue, with […]

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Lakes, UK

Geoff’s Beudy Meet – Another classic!

August 5, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Geoff’s Beudy Meet attracted a huge turnout – I counted at least 25, which must be something of a record! Geoff’s chilli was, by his own admission, “probably his finest […]

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UK, Wales

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