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Friday, September 21, 2018

Lead Like a Guide

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Chris Maxwell is a Senior Fellow who works at the Wharton Business school. It is one of the most renowned business schools in the world. I...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Climbing Mont Blanc; A different Strategy?

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Catherine on the summit of Mt Blanc4810m The majority of people who have little mountaineering experience who dream of climbing Mt Blanc...
Saturday, September 08, 2018

Mellow Mountaineering

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Di, Martin and Clive joined me for four days. Di and Martin had visited Chamonix many many times for skiing , but not much in the summer....
Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Its called the "Weisshorn" for a Reason

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Our goal for the end of our week together was to be the East Ridge of the Weisshorn. This was to be David Brooksbank's third attempt...
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 ...
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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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