We returned to the Dolomites this year for our annual boys weekend away, heading for the Tre Cima range north-west of Cortina. Although early in the season and some huts not yet open, we’d booked Read More …
Early each year we start to think about possible destinations for our annual long weekend jaunt to somewhere in European mountains. After several years trips the challenge is to find somewhere that we haven’t been Read More …
A short video of our week long hiking and packrafting trip across northern Lapland in early September. Hopefully it will give a sense of what an amazing landscape we traversed – across the north-west finger Read More …
To read Part 1 of our trip click here To see a video of our trip click here Day 4 – Varitgielas-Geatkejohka After a quiet night we left the hut and headed further north-east ascending gently toward the Read More …
To see a video of our trip click here We had been deliberating getting away in September and I’d just taken delivery of my new packraft – an Alpackaraft Yukon Yak – when I noticed Read More …
Southend Airport?!? There was incredulity in my voice as my fellow chaps advised they’d booked their flight to Krakow. Our annual boys weekend cum pilgrimage to the mountains was fast approaching and this years destination Read More …
The annual boys weekend in Europe took a turn with the invite list this year being extended to newcomers including…shock/horror a girl! Phillipa, one of our climbing buddies, had dared to invade the sanctity of Read More …
The trip started badly when one of the cases never arrived in Geneva – meaning no boots, ice-axe or crampons for two of our group. Easyjet tip – if they ask if you have any Read More …
I’d originally planned to join Icicle Mountaineering’s Alpine Autonomy course but the weeks didn’t quite work out so I was booked on the Intro 4000m Summits & Skills course, excited about my first taste of Read More …
Osprey Mutant 38 pack: I’d bought this the day before the flight and on arrival found that two others had exactly the same pack! This probably says more about the lack of choice in the Read More …