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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Final week of the Alpine climbing season

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It did not start well. The stellar weather we had enjoyed for about a month had come to a big full stop. The forecast was poor for the en...
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Friday, September 16, 2016

East Ridge of Monte Viso 3841m

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SO-1750 vertical meters descent from the Aigle Hut later we arrived in La Grave. La Grave is about as far away form where we left the ca...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Traverse of Meije by the Enfetchores : One of the worlds finest alpine climbs.

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Everything went like clock work. I scooped Charles Sherwood up from Geneva Airport as he walked out of the terminal. We then drove down...
Monday, August 29, 2016

40th Birthday celebration traverse of the Vallee Blanche.

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In 2015 Ben Noakes and his wife Becca visited the Chamonix valley and went up the Aguille du Midi. It was at the top that Ben became determ...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

And Finally The Matterhorn 4478m

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The Matterhorn - incase you didn't know. John Young joined me for ten days climbing. We had agreed that we would do whatever the cond...
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Mark Seaton
The current President of the British Mountain Guides Mark Seaton, a member of both the British and French Mountain Guides Associations. Based in Chamonix for over 30 years, Mark has guided people from all backgrounds, each with their own mountaineering ambitions. His work has ranged from leading a blind man with no previous mountaineering experience to the summit of Mont Blanc, to guiding clients on serious alpine routes such as the North Face of the Eiger. He has also worked on television projects, including as a camera safety specialist for the BBC series Forces of Nature, which filmed ibex on the Cingino Dam in northern Italy. Mark is the author of the Mark the Mountain Guide children’s book series, published in the UK, USA, and France.
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