What's new in the mountains this week?

Scott Todd contacted me. He lives in the USA but his job had sent him to Germany for 3 months and he was keen to do some sort of climbing- a...

There is no doubt that if you hit the right weather late September early October can be the most beautiful time to be in the alps. Peter Fo...

Francis Bridgeman ans I enjoyed some varied climbing in and above Chamonix and then for the second half of the week we headed to Kandersteg ...

“Before The Verte one is an Alpine Climber, after the Verte one is a real mountaineer.” So said Gaston Rébuffat one of Chamonix’s most ...

I was joined by very demanding teenagers last week. The problem with them is that they have too much energy and this energy needs to be chan...

Lloyd Donovan is probably the keenest of the keen when it comes to alpine climbing and he arrived to climb with me for six days. Prior to o...

Climbing and Mountaineering trips are all very fine , but the really memorable excursions are when it doesn't go exactly according to pl...

With a bit of imagination, luck and planning it is possible to get some amazing skiing on the longest day of the year. For the last few y...

The weather has been far from settled and coupled with lots of other issues it made for a challenging week which was only half successful. ...

Our attempt to climb the iconic Nose of El Captan did not get off to a good start. We left the campsite at 6:30 AM and immediately got stuck...

The plan was perfect. We were going to re do the Haute Route exactly 20 years to the day since the first time Chris Boulton and I had compl...