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38 Years Underground
This past month, we’ve been celebrating the incredible and unrivalled career achievements of Chris Jowett, who has decided to retire from ‘student caving’ trips after a staggering 38 years as Head of Caving at St David’s College. An absolute legend and someone I’ve personally learnt a lot from. As a fellow graduate of the I… Read more
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Tryfan before Breakfast
Always nice to be based at The Cottage during a heatwave! Very lucky indeed to have both rivers and lakes in close proximity. While building up a bit of strength and energy from the energy-sapping Moroccan illness, I’ve at least been able to have a few nice dips in some idyllic swimming spots with Clare.… Read more
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Homeward Bound…
A final Moroccan sunrise, heralded the start of another long day, that would eventually see me back in my own bed in just under 24 hours of non-stop travel via plenty of sights, sounds and smells! Packing, sorting and tidying up was all sorted in the cool of the morning, before the lads had breakfast.… Read more
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Down…
We left the high altitude Basecamp and began our descent to Amrund. The wind was whipping around and everything and everyone is dust covered. It’s in our hair, clothes, bags and pockets. The descent path is pretty straightforward, with the only slight drama occurring, when I walked back up the trail to see if I… Read more
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Jebel Toubkal (4167m) and Toubkal West (4018m)
Even at 02:30am, there were climbers setting out from the refuge towards the summit of Jebel Toubkal – the highest peak in Morocco. Our sparse breakfast, eaten by the light of our headtorches, sitting on the fooor of the communal mess tent, was significantly improved by Simon, who somehow had the energy to drop brew… Read more
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Trekking to Toubkal – Travel in the High Atlas
African sunset… Back on expedition in Morocco. A long day of travel and a delayed flight, meant we didn’t arrive in the village of Imlil, on the edge of the Atlas Mountains until well after dark at around 23:00. A change of plan the next morning had us trekking off to start a four day… Read more
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