The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Climbing at Sespe Gorge – Black Wall

    The ‘Mason Research Machine’ has done us proud again, by discovering the little known Californian climbing gem that is Black Wall in Sespe Gorge. One hundred meters of near vertical sandstone trad climbing. With a walk in time of less than one minute! Fabulous stuff! To get there, we started with a scenic drive along… Read more

  • Big Sur Whale Watching

    Back into Californian road trip mode today as we drove south down the west coast along an area of coastline called Bug Sur. There was a slight misty haze as we set off from Monteray, but the skies continue to remain blue. Our first stop (of many) was at the Piffer State Park, where we’d… Read more

  • The Boardwalk and the Pelicans

    The far reaching range of our experiences continues today! In the last week we’ve been high on rock faces, seen super city skylines, stayed in a tent, on a sofa and in a luxury hotel. This morning started off on the famous old Santa Cruz beach Boardwalk. Actually, it started of with a very relaxing… Read more

  • Santa Cruz Anniversary

    April 1st 2015 and my second wedding anniversary! Two years ago today I was getting married on the Isle of Angelesy, on North Wales… Today, we celebrated our second anniversary in the super cool city of Santa Cruz! But not before one of our more relaxing American mornings. When Anna left early for work, we… Read more

  • Climbing at Pinnacles National Park, CA

    Up early again today to beat the heat and more importantly the crowds. The nearest car park to the climbing only fits ten cars, so we were pretty keen to be in one of them. To make sure we got a spot, we struck camp as soon as we woke, then had breakfast once we’d… Read more

  • The Infinite Loop

    And now for something a little bit different… Our little glimpse into the world of multi-million dollar businesses in the Silicon Valley – starting with one of the worlds finest breakfasts at ‘Cafe Mac’s’ at the Apple Inc HQ. To gain access into the inner sanctum, Anna had to sign us in and print us… Read more

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