Are the Alps falling down?
It was during a weeks ski touring from the Cosmiques hut in Contamines when during our usual post day out beer, mountain guide, Andy Perkins declared he thought mountaineering was […]
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So you think you know Chamonix?
Here’s my round up for WRS’s Lake Geneva’s Voice magazine of a few things you may not know about the adrenaline capital of the Alps: Into the Void But, if you want […]
An ‘Asylum with a view’…..
Chamonix 2.5 years on….. going full circle. I realised I’ve been a little quiet with the old blog lately. I also tend to stay away from personal stuff on here as […]
Dynafit International Women’s Day
I’ve not posted much lately. I’ve been busy trying to learn French, trying to learn to snowboard and trying to make ends meet – all difficult things to do in […]
Mountain Craft. Filming with Arc’terxy
I’ve literally just heard that this has premiered at the Kendal Mountain Festival 2014…. Back in June I wrote about how I was helping out on a shoot by Arc’terxy for […]
From Marathon to Ultra….. The OCC
Last week I successfully completed by first official “Ultra Marathon” (ie anything over the distance of 50km.) The OCC or Orsières – Champex – Chamonix, is designed to offer something for those […]
Climbing Mont Blanc….
Just a quick update on the previous blog post…. We reached the summit of Mont Blanc yesterday morning with Fabio Levi from Dream Guides leading the way. (Fabio also guided Dwain […]
Playing the “Wild Woman”….
One of the (many) great thing about living in Chamonix (and being freelance- so fairly flexible) is that occasionally I’m asked to help out with some really exciting things…. A few […]
Reporting for Chamonix
I’ve just started writing for the Chamonets website; activity reports, news, gear and restaurant reviews. It means if there is something going on in Chamonix… hopefully I will be there! Here’s […]
Ski Mountaineering in Chamonix
Skiing will be the death of British Alpinism”, exclaims Andy Kirkpatrick in his book ‘Cold Wars’. In an amusing exchange between himself and British mountain guide and 11 times Everest […]
