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Friday, January 31, 2020

Very Deep Snow

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This person is actually standing up We have had some good skiing in the low resorts while the higher resorts of Chamonix have been trash...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Excess Boys 2020.

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22 years ago was the last time Kevin Tuck & I were last here. They returned again...  Not quite so many of them this year as last...
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Thursday, January 02, 2020

Skiing conditions are fantastic for the end of the year.

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Florence gets good conditions on Les Grands Montets It lashed it down for what seemed like weeks, then it snowed and everyone was happ...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

The Dreaded Eurotest.

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Andrea complete with race suit. Photo professionally taken as she travels in excess of 80kph. In mid December I was in Alps d'Hu...
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Thursday, December 05, 2019

Rock Climbing Masterclass

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In the weekend that spans the start of December and with snow on the ground in Chamonix I joined  a group of my colleagues from the Brit...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Chestnuts Anyone?

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Aiguille Dru . This year the British Mountain Guides held their Annual General Meeting in Chamonix.  My good friend Alan Kimber, Brit...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

October? Is it the new August?

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The Aiguille Dru . Fabulous October weather coincided with Reuben and Antony arriving in Chamonix.  Antony reminded me he actually hadn...
Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Rocky The Avalanche Dog.

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Back in 1983  I was one of  the first people to be employed on the  “Night-Watchman” scheme at The Scottish National  Outdoor Training Ce...
Sunday, October 06, 2019

Autumnal ascent of Italy's highest mountain the Grand Paradiso.4061 meters.

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Always a trick question but the highest mountain entirely in Italy is the Grand Pardiso.  Just like the Aiguille Verte is the high...
Thursday, September 26, 2019

"Une Sortie Scolaire."

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 Rocio Mountain Guide & Teacher prepares the top rope for the" ice climbing" session. There are several schools based aro...
Friday, September 20, 2019

The finest Granite climb in Europe?

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The spectacular Dos d'Elephant There is never much point trying to crow-bar a particular wish to climb an alpine route into an un...
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Mark Seaton
Mark Seaton is a member of the British Mountain Guides and the French Mountain Guides Associations. Guiding out of Chamonix for 30 years, Mark has climbed and skied with people from all walks of life. The most fascinating part of his job is that each client is unique: they all have completely different mountaineering ambitions. For example, Mark was the first Mountain Guide to lead a blind man (with no mountaineering experience whatsoever) to the summit of Mont Blanc. He is also one of few Mountain Guides in the world to have guided a client up the intimidating North Face of the Eiger. Mark has worked for BBC TV, most recently as the camera safety expert for part of their seminal series “The Forces of Nature”, which filmed the death defying Ibex climbing the Cingano Dam in Northern Italy. Seaton is the author of the successful Mark the Mountain Guide children's books which have been published in the UK, USA and France.
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