I’ve been mostly indoors today, working in the climbing wall, but this evening “Mountaineering Instructor, Ian Martin”, was interviewed live on air on BBC Radio Wales! You can listen to it here (fast forward to 02:19:47) http://bbc.in/1RlNjMw Read more

Rain has stripped away the low snow, but it looks like it’s still snowing hard up high. It’s mostly been a day of admin today – (the psych was low to venture up into the low cloud with gales, blizzards and whiteout). We got our fix of fresh air though, with a lap of Moel Read more

We’ve had so crazy experiences in the mountains over the years, but have never experienced the kind of freaky electrical conditions that we did today! Something was quite literally in the air today, involving our hair standing on end, our ice axes humming, but thankfully no bolts of lightning! It’s a mountain phenomenon that I Read more

Ventured over to the big city today for a mega bouldering session with some students. The Climbing Hangar is a bouldering only indoor venue and totally brilliant.  There are various different rooms, areas, training zones and an amazing kids area with a climbable pirate ship! It’s great running a session like this, where everyone is Read more

If I was only 15cm tall, these waves would have been amazing to surf! Down at the beach in Colwyn Bay, the sun was out and tiny little waves were rolling in. The mountains have been full of cloud and storm, but out at the coast, it was wonderfully calm. It might not be the Read more

I’ve been teaching navigation today on the low hills of the North Wales coastline. The high peaks of the Snowdonia National Park were taking a battering with strong winds and some fresh snow fall. After a soaking early on, it stayed windy, but eventually the sun broke through later in the afternoon.  The views from Read more