Saturday, August 22, 2015

Finally Lloyd gets to see a view

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In July 2014 Lloyd Donavan came out to join me work six days climbing. It was without doubt the worst week of weather I had ever known sinc...
Friday, August 07, 2015

Return of the Collins

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t Some times there is s long interval before clients return. In the case of Peter Collins and his two daughters Alice and Lucy it was abou...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Shooting Ibex

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I was a mildly dissapointed that there wasn't room in the helicopter for me for the final flyover shoot. The doors had been taken off t...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Highest Hut in the Alps - Best Hut in the Alps

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Just spent a week climbing the peaks around and behind Monte Rosa with Chris Dovell and Lia Heisters. Our plan was to climb up to the Marghe...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Summer Alpine climbing Season 2015 kicks off

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I was joined by Dee Anand for six days. Dee came out last year at pretty much the same time and we climbed Mt Blanc together. The only pro...
Sunday, June 07, 2015

The Ibex of Cingino Dam .

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Last week I got a call from the BBC to ask if I could help rig a camera for a unique never been attempted film project. The plan was to...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Still very good skiing to be had - if you know where to look

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So Alison, Yvette, Kevin and I parked the car at the Emosson Dam and started walking across the Dam at about 6.30 am. Our first challenge...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Just when you thought it was all over... Winter returns.

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Steve Callaghan contacted me because he wanted to restart climbing after a long lay-off . He felt he was a bit rusty and wanted to brush ...
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Ski Season Ends abruptly.

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The weather messed with our plans again. Peter Folkman and I had a plan to traverse the Eastern Oberland on skis. The weather had differen...