Brutally cold in the valley today! I was up at 6am again to go ahead of the group and fix some ropes as I wanted to keep the standing around to a minimum and also make sure that we were first to the routes we wanted to climb. Getting up in the cold and dark… Read more

Twelve years since the legendary ‘Norge Ice Trip’ and I’m back ice climbing in the winter climbing playground of Rjukan. Not much has changed in the valley, except that now the weekends are busy with climbers! It’s been between minus 8 and minus 4 all day and we’ve packed in loads of climbing. I was… Read more

A travellers day. Off on a new adventure. This time travelling to Norway for some Ice Climbing. The flight to Oslo gave us some brilliant views of the Norwegian coastline.  Then it was into the hire car for the drive north to the town of Rjukan. The temperature is a few degrees below freezing and… Read more

A day of brightness and blizzards! I’ve been out today with one of my student groups who are doing some expedition training with me. As part of a series of lessons, today we were given a tour around the Llanberis Mountain Rescue post in Nant Peris. It was interesting to see how things organised and… Read more

Quite happy to not be spending the day in the mountains today. Wet, sleety and cold all day. Multiple pancake sessions and a roaring fire at The Cottage made up for the disappointing ‘Welsh Winter’ conditions. Read more

Started the day with a bit of Badminton! Sometimes it’s just worth getting indoors so that the weather isn’t even a factor! It’s been ages since we played and both really enjoyed the work out. Made a mental note to play more often (especially while the weather is so poor!).  Decided to turn the day… Read more