Ahhhh! Another fine day spent whooping down the deserted snowy slopes of Mammoth Mountain!  We’ve had a splendid day sliding around on the planks and once again, we’ve had the mountain and the chairlifts to ourselves.  It was a bright and clear start to the day, but around midday, some high cirrus clouds started to Read more

It was a beautifully bright start at camp this morning. The wind had dropped, the dust clouds settled and all traces of cloud in the sky had vanished. After soaking up the warmth over an al fresco breakfast, we packed up and headed off to continue our mission of “climb, surf and ski around the Read more

Bishop – the best bouldering in the world? Quite possibly! It’s certainly the best stuff I’ve ever come across. What an amazing place. Boulders that look like honeycomb, but are as hard as iron and covered in positive holds.  First off, there were a few housekeeping tasks to do in the funky little town of Read more

Started the day with a solid American breakfast of pancakes. It came served complete with a ice cream scoop of butter/marg on top which I must admit, put me off a bit, but once I’d drowned them in maple syrup, they went down just fine! It was an all you can eat menu, but despite Read more

Another day of travelling around the world in Las Vegas. First stop was France (Paris to be precise) for breakfast coffee and muffins (at midday) in a rocking chair over looking the main strip and the Bellagio fountain displays. A nice relaxing, slow way to start the day. This was our morning panorama as we Read more

It’s like we’ve been transported into a different world! We’ve exchanged the hot and sweaty, climbers dusty desert life, for air conditioned hotel suites and bright lights – all within an hour of each other! We started out the day on some more excellent Red Rock Sandstone. The route we’d wanted to climb had a Read more