Thursday, 30 July 2015
Monday, 27 July 2015
Pennine Alps, Valais, Switzerland
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| Summit of Lagginhorn 4010 m. yesterday with Simon, Paul and Jon |
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| View from Lagginhorn along south ridge towards Weissmies |
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| Jon and Paul making their way up the Weissmies this morning |
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| Paul, Jon and Simon on the Weissmies 4017m this morning |
Friday, 24 July 2015
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Arete du Midi, Chamonix, Mont Blanc.
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| The Arete du Midi is interesting just now, easy enough with care and prudence, scarier than it looks |
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| Fahad enjoying the sun |
Monday, 13 July 2015
Making the transfer from climbing on bolts to leading rock climbs with traditional gear!
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| Take only photographs, leave only footprints. The skills of lead rock climbing with traditional gear takes patience and time but is extremely rewarding. |
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| Its a long way without any protection! |
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| Nesting chicks ready to fly! |
Sunday, 12 July 2015
Goodbye Chester old pal!
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| Chester Chester, a great dog and we had to say goodbye to him!
· His first winter at Ruddock Creek mine with access to work from Revelstoke by helicopter
· Training with CARDA, REVSAR & PEP.
· Two winters in Scotland working with me for SAIS. One brief search near the ski area.
· SAR demonstrations at Mica
· First (known) dog ascent of Mt Begbie; along with Kulu to the ridge
· Featured in BBC articles
· Featured in Dr Adam Watson book, ‘Point, Sets and Man’
· Therapy dog work at Mt Cartier Court extended care cottages
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Modern Times, Aig Rouge, Chamonix, Mont Blanc, France
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| Matt on one of the lower pitches |
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| matt arrives at a belay stance. Modern Times was first climbed by Ed Grindly and bolted by his friends |
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| Nice views of Mont Blanc this morning looking over L'Index summit |
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Arete des Cosmiques, Chamonix Mont Blanc
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| Matt Climbing, its looking bit loose eh, all these blocks! |
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| Matt on the final chimney |
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| Pleased with his Mountain Equipment clothing! |
Sunday, 5 July 2015
Tour Ronde, Chamonix, Mont Blanc
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| Stuart and Matt climbing up the normal route,. Despite the warm weather it was frozen solid this morning, we did have a 4.00 am breakfast at the Torino Refuge. |
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| On the summit |