What's new in the mountains this week?

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

What to do with an unsettled forecast.

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 The rough plan for the week was to spend as much time at altitude as possible  so that Charles would be well acclimatized for his forthcomi...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

A suggestion for Mellow Alpine Mountaineering

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If you are looking for all the componenets of an alpine climbing experinece, yet without the really long approaches and knackering descents,...
Friday, September 08, 2023

Final Mt Blanc . No better way to sign off.

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Father & Daughter on the summit of Mt Blanc. Generally its not the actual climbing of Mt Blanc that is the challange, rather its getting...
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Monday, September 04, 2023

Opposite Crazy Weather

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Cabane Moiry 2826m Four days before this photo was taken the temperature was recorded at 35c.  Mark Daniels and I arrived at the Moiry Hut t...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Crazy Temperatures

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  Gd St Bernard Monastery The trip report. There is a new rock climbing guide book to the Grand St Bernard Col area with a selection of marv...
Thursday, June 01, 2023

How to climb Mt Blanc safely with Climate change.

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Mark Alan Clarke Will 11.30hrs 29th May 2023 Background For the last few summers it has been far too dangerous to climb Mt Blanc in the heig...
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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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