‘Alpine August’ has finally come to an end and we closed the door for the last time on our little chalet home for the summer.  We were on the road by 7am and heading north in a delicious smelling car after loading up with pastries from a final visit to ‘Eric & Beatrice’, our local… Read more

Making the most of our last climbing day in the alps! Another early start to beat the heat up at the Col de la Colombiere.  Did another quality 6 pitch climb, with long (40-50m) pitches. The climbing was superb and all with good belays to allow an easy way back down once we’d got as… Read more

There were warning signs before we’d even left home. The descriptions on how to get to the crag varied between guidebooks and the topos of the climbs didn’t seem to quite match. However, having used a map and by reading the various descriptions, we settled on approaching from the north. The last kilometre to the… Read more

While I was trekking around on the glaciers last week, Clare went to the lake for a morning swim before work and was keen to show me how good it was! It really was worth getting up and out of bed and heading straight there before everyone else turned up!  There was barely a ripple… Read more

Made the most of working from home in the Alps, by starting the day with a stroll down to the local bakers! Both Clare and I had plenty of ‘online’ work to sort out, so spent the majority of the day, plugging away at the less exciting jobs that we both needed to get done,… Read more

Todays climbing objective on the Petit Bargy ended up finishing without even getting the ropes un-coiled. Sometimes that’s just how it goes, but better to return safe and sound. Using the first Wednesday chairlift, we were up at Lac Benit, before the sun was on the cliffs or any other climbers were about. It’s not… Read more