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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Climbing in contrasting regions of Italy

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The weather around Chamonix had been unsettled , plus the backstory of conditions being shot to bits due to the heat wave of June, Charles...
Friday, September 01, 2017

Completing The Iconic Swiss Trilogy: The Jungfrau 4158m

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About eleven years ago Chris Dovell and I climbed the Eiger and the Monch but we failed to climb the Jungfrau due to high winds and bad ...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Big Classic Alpine Climbing : East Ridge of Beitschhorn 3934m

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The Alpine Club Guide book states Beitschhorn Viewed from almost any angle it is a magnificent sight, standing proud of all the adjacent ...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

First Time on Crampons

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The brief was to find somewhere high and spectacular where someone who had no previous alpine mountaineering experience could spend a week i...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

Uninspiring and really dangerous alpine conditions.

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Another unwelcome heat wave hit the western Alps. The result is that all the snow has been stripped from the glaciers [there wasn't muc...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Mixed weather for the start of the summer alpine mountaineering season.

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Brett and Sacha only had four days. The first two days were forecast to be very good. The forecast for the final two days was anything but. ...
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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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