Mountain Lifestyle

The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • 11th Wedding Anniversary

    11th Wedding Anniversary

    Well there were blue skies on Anglesey eleven years ago when we got married, but the temperatures were significantly colder than today. No snow on the ground here this time. Excited for the warm anniversary celebrations, we set out straight in the car to nearby Kargi Beach, where there is a very short walk to Read more

  • Can Baba Airtime

    Can Baba Airtime

    The heat of the previous day lingered overnight and by the time we woke up it was already too hot to eat breakfast in the sun. This time, rather than race to the cliffs, we took our time, had a snorkel and let the shade move onto the cliffs and cave of Can Baba. The Read more

  • Too Hot to Climb!

    Too Hot to Climb!

    Summer has arrived over night here in Turkey. It’s mad to think that a few days ago, it was a bit nippy climbing in the shade and we’d both take a jacket to belay in at the cliff base. Today we hiked up to a higher section of the Indian Man cliff to a sector Read more

  • Too far for the hire car…

    Too far for the hire car…

    We tried our best to visit another new climbing area for us today. To be fair, the guidebook does hint around that fact that it might be best approached in a 4×4 vehicle, but I’d had a tip off my my friend Stu, who had visited last year that the road was ‘do-able’ in a Read more

  • Tortoises and Tufas – climbing at Yenikale & Sucuk

    Tortoises and Tufas – climbing at Yenikale & Sucuk

    A change in wind speed and direction meant that snorkelling has been off then menu for the past couple of days as waves have been rolling into the beach at Datca. But at least all was sheltered under the palm trees of the harbour at our favourite coffee shop, where we re-grouped after a morning Read more

  • The Ancient City of Knidos

    The Ancient City of Knidos

    At the end of the peninsular where we are based, are the remains of a very old city called Knidos. It dates from a staggering 6BC and at one time or another was a thriving place, but after being partially destroyed by earthquakes and only being accessible by sea, it eventually became abandoned, fell into Read more

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