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Thursday, December 24, 2020

An Update on uncertain times

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Defender complete with chains - turns it into an unstoppable tractor. If you can't be bothered to read this blog you can listen to it by...
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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Always Amazed that virtually no one seems to want to make the most of the Autumn.

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Aiguille Verte in all its autumnal splendour.  If you hit a good weather window, then  climbing in the Autumn in the alps is wonderful.  Cer...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

A Mountaineering summer like no other draws to a close.

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Strange Times... The dates have been in the diary well before the word Covid had been heard of. Now that Catherine Lewis and `I  were due to...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

Dolomites climbing trip report.

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A Happy Local Tyrollean. Hopefully in years to come it will be  difficult to imagine the complications involved in organising a climbing tri...
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Monday, September 07, 2020

Climbing Around Grimentz

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 Parts of the the Zinal valley look like the Zermatt valley 200/300 years ago.  It is quaint and exactly how you might imagine a Swiss Valle...
Thursday, September 03, 2020

The Chamonix Classic Climbs .

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 After our ascent of the Arete de Saille, we both felt "well climbed".  It  was a big day and we decided we needed a simpler day. ...
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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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