What's new in the mountains this week?

Sunday, August 26, 2018

A mix of big mountains and rock climbing

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John Young joined me for his annual summer Alpine climbing fix. There was no plan other than to maintain maximum flexibility and go where ...
Friday, August 10, 2018

First time in Chamonix. An Introduction to Alpimism.

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Nivedita Dige was very curious to find out a bit about what it was like to climb in the Alps. She got in touch and we arranged to spend f...
Friday, July 13, 2018

Mt Blanc 4810m : Twice in Three days.

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Last week I climbed Mt Blanc on the Monday and then again on the Thursday. Conditions and the weather were absolutely perfect. What was ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Perfect weather and conditions for the start of summer 2018 climbing season

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Steven Kellock flew in from Montreal. After on night in Chamonix , the next night was in the refugio Mantova 3500m high above Gressoney ...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

The Pallavicini Couloir Austria's most famous alpine climb?

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The conversation went something like this : "You have the old map the glacier doesn't look like this any longer." said the Au...
Monday, June 04, 2018

North Face of the Hochfeiler 3509m

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What were once classic snow and ice routes which were traditionally climbed in the summer are now routes that can only feasibly be climbed...
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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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