Ski mountaineering and Industrail Rope Access

My life is full of contrasts, all usually rather fantastic. The other day I was ski-mountaineering with a fantastic group of people with Mountain tracks, today I am Baku, Azerbaijan............

The land based oil wells of Baku, you may have seen this previously in a James Bond movie!

Above: a level one IRATA rope access technician demonstrates his skills at the RBG training centre here in Baku.

Just a few days ago I was here and it was also so ace...