The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Bishop Bouldering

    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

  • Back on the road – Vegas to Bishop

    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

  • Journeying around the world in Las Vegas

    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

  • Climbing & Casinos – from the wilderness to the wild-ness

    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

  • The Cat in the Hat – Climbing at Red Rocks

    And once again, this climbing lifestyle takes us to some of the most amazing places… Today we climbed on the South East ridge of the Mescalito. (The left hand side of the middle peak in the photo below). We were up before the sun today; out of the tent and straight into the car. The… Read more

  • Climbing at Red Rocks

    A great day spent sampling the climbing delights of Red Rock Canyon! Blue skies, red rocks, and miles and miles of cliffs to explore… We drove straight out from camp to the nearby park entrance, and shortly afterwards began the walk in to our first climbs on the vibrantly red super sandstone… There are literally… Read more

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