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Sunday, July 07, 2024

Oldest climb in the world.

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  Mont Aiguille Mont Aiguille was fisrt climbed in 1425.  It had to wait 350 years until 1834 for its second ascent.  The mountain can argua...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

An Introduction to Alpine Mountaineering.

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This is an account of how you can be productive and make huge progressions in mountaineering skills while naviagting some pretty miserable w...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

"Mayvember" The mountaineering season starts.

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  The north face of Aiguille de la Floria Stuart Carder joined me for five days climbing with a list of goals.   The Forbes Arete on the Cha...
Friday, May 03, 2024

The last ski trip of the season.

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 It was six years since Michael and Ian had triumphed on the Haute Route.  Thirty years since Michael and I first climbed Mt Blanc together....
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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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