Breakfast at 5am and on the move by half past. It was a dull and murky dawn, which had me a little worried at first. The moon was doing it’s best to make an appearance though, which indicated that there wan’t too much cloud off the summits. We followed the Tour Glacier upwards and into Read more

There’s some hot weather on the way, so Nick and I went straight to the closest crag in the valley, to climb a few routes before it became too hot to do so. The cliffs a Gaillands are only a five minute drive away, so we climbed a three pitch route and a further one Read more

Out of bed and straight up to 2525m! But this time with nothing in the way of physical effort. We went lightweight with small rucksacks, intent on climbing as much rock as possible before the last lift back down to the valley. The temperature was perfect, allowing us to be in t-shirts all day. Warm Read more

It’s really turning out to be quite a sociable summer trip. A took the drive up and over the Forclaz Col and down the switchbacks to visit a friend in Switzerland today. We used to work together, when we lived here around 2004. Caroline now lives down in the Rhone Valley, so I didn’t go Read more

Had a split day today as part of our new lifestyle. I had a free ticket to have a go on the ‘Alpine Coaster’, so we started the day with a bit of summer tobogganing! As you do… (you get dragged to the top of the hill and then wizz down on a little track).  Read more

Wanting to do this trek, but without it being too busy, we caught the second train of the morning up to the Montenvers Railway station above the Mer de Glace. As it turns out, we were a bit too early as, having walked down the the edge of the glacier at 09:15, we found that Read more