from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
There was a really good atmosphere up on Ben Nevis today, its always great when you see lots of people you know. Kenny , John and I headed up into Observatory gully with quite an open mind. Word had got round that some ice routes were quite fat. They were not wrong. There were several teams ahead and behind us, all heading up into the same area. At first it looked like 3 teams were heading for Smiths but fortunately they all went their separate ways. One them headed up Tower Gully (I), Luke and Conrad went
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Arriving at Baruntse Baruntse Base Camp The arrival at Baruntse was impressive one, as BC, the moraine, and the towering Southwest face of Baruntse opened out in front of us. This was our home for the next 10 days. During the rest of this day and the next, the first rest days we had had for 17 days, we got straight down to business. We only had a scheduled 10 days on the mountain so every day counted. The two days were spent organising piles and many barrels of food, equipment for high on the mountain, and
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from Upskill Climbing
My friend Will Monks decided to move from Victoria to Queensland. He moved his family up, got a house, got settled, bolted a great project on Mt Coolum, and then decided to immediately relocate to the Blue Mountains. Nobody knows why. I suspect it may have to do with the hygiene habits of his Queenslander climbing partners. At the Coolum Sendfest , I peered across and saw the red tag was still on, swaying in the breeze mockingly. I emailed Will asking his intentions with the project. Would he come back and
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from Petzl Blog
Posted By Steve Mc Clure the 2011-07-26 The first time I set eyes on Kjerag I knew I wanted to climb it. Perhaps the worlds most famous BASE jumping cliff, this 1000m vertical wall rising straight out from the sea was just asking to be climbed. In most cases dreams like this remain dreams, with logistics, finances and life in general standing firmly in the way, but this time I had my hand held. The Norwegians are such a friendly bunch, and on-it with their organising. As soon as I said I was keen all I
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from Stevie Haston
Add caption There was a bit too much trash in my bachelor flat, and it was starting to smell a bit, so I very sensibly thought I’d take the trash out. Well a few days later when I finally did take the trash out it was raining, so I got the turn-ups of my trousers wet, as I wore slippers instead of shoes, and my bare bake got an unexpected wash, which admittedly was a plus. Anyway, thinking about what a tosser I was, I then for no accountable reason threw my keys with the trash into the recycling bin. ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Recently, Ueli Steck made a solo ascent of Shishapangma (8013m) in what may be the fastest time from base to summit in the mountain's history. On April 17, Steck reached the top of the peak after 10.5 hours of climbing on the 2000m southwest face. He arrived back in base camp approximately 20 hours after his departure. Shishapangma, summited in 1964 by its northwest face, was the last 8000m peak see its first ascent, despite being the shortest. This climb is first of what Steck calls "Project: Himalaya,"
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from Steven Hope
The Grey Mare’s Tail in Dumfries and Galloway sits at an altitude of 250m and is further South than Berwick-upon-Tweed. I’ve never had the opportunity to go, and until now had never seen a photo of it. This was taken back in January this year so obviously it would be in great conditions, but a climb like this you wouldn’t expect in this country let alone at that altitude. Oh and it’s a roadside crag too - the photo’s taken from next to the car park. Needless to say it’s apparently rammed the
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from The Adventure Blog
Recon Instruments and Zeal Optics are joining forces to bring us the most high tech ski goggles you've ever seen. Dubbed the Transcend GPS Goggle , the new eyewear incorporates a GPS chip with a built in heads-up display to give you on the fly information about your current location, speed, altitude, and a whole lot more. Navigation is handled by a couple of buttons located on the side of the unit, and data can be saved and viewed on your computer, as well as uploaded to the Internet to compare and ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Travel blog Gadling.com , for which I contribute on a regular basis, is having another theme day today, this time focused on the very broad subject of remote or dangerous travel. As a result, most of the stories on the site are about adventure travel to some degree, with articles on a number of different topics. My own contribution to the topic is an article on the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in India. This remote corner of the Himalaya is definitely a unique and interesting place that is legendary for both its
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from Dynamove
On Saturday, we headed up to Stanage High Neb, hoping to avoid the crowds of youth groups we could see swarming over the Popular End like hordes of dayglo GoreTex-ed ants. But no luck - it was such a clear day that even High Neb had us queueing for routes. Further over, we tried Crow's Chin (likewise) and then settled on Stanage End, where the queues were at least shorter. I led Prospero's Climb (VD**) to get myself going, and felt comfortable and confident on my feet - something of a rarity for me on ...
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