Autumn Adventures
Truffle hunting season is underway in Northern Italy and I went along to Alba to discover the secrets of the truffle hunters – and taste some local wine and cheese […]
Tag Archives: chamonix
“The New Normal” Climate Change and Alpinism in Chamonix
It’s Green Week which this year focuses on the theme of nature and biodiversity, so perhaps an apt time for my article on Climate Change and Alpinism in Chamonix to […]
A change of plan
The coronavirus pandemic meant this years ski season was cut short. So, whilst in lockdown and missing the snow, I was inspired to put a little film together about one […]
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 […]
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 […]
