A totally brilliant day, sneaking in a quick ascent up the classic scramble of Tryfan’s North Ridge. The weather has continued to provide, gales, heavy rain and the odd sleety shower, so not ideal conditions for such a venture, but there was a (very) small window of opportunity today, so we snatched it with both… Read more

I’ve been out on the coast today to benefit from the better weather! While the mountains stayed shrouded in mist, it’s been a fine day on the east coast of Anglesey. I’m going to be hiking various sections of the coastal path with a group of students over the next month and today we started… Read more

There’s snow back in the hills again and although the sun was shining over the Conwy Estuary, the air temperature was bitterly cold. Not wanting to waste a bit of sunshine though, I took advantage of the break in the clouds and took my team of students out for a spot of abseiling. The view… Read more

I’ve never really been one for going to the gym. Staying fit, for me usually means trying to eating well and keeping active. I mostly train for climbing by going climbing. Training for mountaineering is mostly done by going mountaineering. But here by The Cottage woodshed, ‘Log Gym’ is our dedicated workout zone! It’s well… Read more

A crazy busy day at The Cottage, with the expedition research machines working at maximum capacity! There are some super exciting plans formulating for us this year. So far today, having spent much of it at the computer, I’ve been involved with planning, train journeys, hire cars, buses, flights, campervans, insurance policies, ski huts, climbing… Read more

Back indoors again, but this time training slightly differently. I’m going to be taking a small team of students on an Ice Climbing trip to Norway in a few weeks, so today was spent doing some preparation. We had a bouldering session, but instead of holding on with our hands, we used some ice axes… Read more