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Arete des Cosmiques

Aig du Tour

Grand Paradiso

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Grand Paradiso!

Alison and Heidi in the early morning light part way up the Grand Paradiso

My friend Ewen with his rope of three summiteers

Heidi on the summit, having cycled 600 miles plus and spending a few days with us covering some basic mountaineering skills she pushed herself through several barriers. An outstanding achievement! The group of wonderful people she was with have their own blog and hopefully in day or so they will send me the link! To meet and guide folks like this, makes it ace and exceptionally rewarding to be a mountain guide.

Arete des Cosmiques

At the top... bad weather approaching from Mont Blanc

Allison - left- and Jess climbing.

Jess- on the left - and Allison ready for departure down the arete du midi

Sandy's angels

Left to right, in the background is Laura, then Jess and Heidi on the ledge!
Woke up at the Trient hut this morning with bad weather but we gave it an hour or so and as we walked over the plateau the weather cleared enough to let us climb the Aig du Tour. It was ace fun and a bonus day as many other teams just headed over the col back to France.

Angels: Heidi, Jess and Laura on the summit

Checking out an interesting crevasse on the Trient Plateau!

Petit Fourche Summit

Working with my pal Ewen Todd this week in and around Chamonix, its all good fun!

Some of our group on the summit of the Petit Fourche yesterday!

Mont Blanc

Mountain Guides: left to right:Richard Mansfield , Phil Thomas and Sandy Allan

On the summit yesterday, the MacArthur family!

Mont Blanc at 4810m or 15873 ft has always drawn mountaineers from all over the world. The ascent is achievable by any person in good physical condition, however high altitude and unpredictable weather should be taken into consideration, as they induce a commitment factor! Good stamina, getting used to altitude and a basic knowledge of mountaineering skills, glacier travel and mountain safety are fundamental.

Rock Climbing in Val d'Aosta, Italy

Climbing another 5C at Settore Alpini near the town of Chetoz

Carolyn on a 5c at Ponte Romano near Sanit Vincent

It was a stormy night in Chamonix with strong winds and heavy rain. This morning it had not improved a lot so after texting and phone calls we decided it would be much better to drive through the Mont Blanc tunnel to Italy. One parking ticket later,!!! At least the sun shone and with only the occasional drop of rain, we climbed until about 5 pm ish.. so we had an ace days cragging on a couple of new crags.