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Mountain Motion winter conditions and blog

 

Dear all, getting to grips with this new blog platform on the new website. Please note the slightly different url and update your favourites.

I would really appreciatte any feedback from those of you that regularly check out my blog and conditions. It will help me structure it to be as user freindly as I can. Please feel free to e-mail me. Address at the bottom in the footer.

Thanks

Richard 

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The Haute Route

May 02, 2012
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Back from the alps after an eventful trip for mainly the wrong reasons, mainly transport related. Did get some good ski touring in including some nice two day tours and the HauteRoute. Thanks to Andy Owen for letting me shadow him whilst he was guiding the Haute Route. Below are
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Vallee Blanche day

Apr 23, 2012
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With uncertain weather forecast for the afternoon, Andy decided to delay the Haute Route start and do a Vallee Blanche day instead. This worked well as we also did some skinning so everyone could check out that they were skiing and skinning well for the Haute Route. Heading to
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Alps snow

Apr 22, 2012
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Despite a bad shoulder, variable weather and a camper van with a bust gearbox, I am still managing to get some nice skiing done in the alps at the moment. After just a couple of warm up days due to van hassles, we jumped on a big one, Monta Rosa from the hut of the same name
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The ups and downs of Alps road trips!!

Apr 17, 2012
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Currently stuck in Switzerland with a transit and a bust Gearbox! Did get a nice powder days skiing in yesterday with Cat, before getting skied into by a crazy Italian. Will post piccies and more info after I have been towed to the garage. A gearbox in Switzerland!! EEk, could be expensive!
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Mountain Cragging in March!

Mar 29, 2012
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My traditional early season visit to the best mountain crag in Lochaber. Garbh Bheinn in Ardgour. Spike and I went in with no fixed agenda to blow the rock climbing cobwebs off. We did a couple of routes on the main South Wall and then tried a new crag
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A good end to a poor Winter

Mar 23, 2012
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Back from another week at the CIC hut. This week was focused on teaching and coaching with Tim and Simon doing most of the leading themselves on Central Gully, Good Friday climb and also Tower Ridge after an ascent of the Douglas Boulder to start for good measure. Today we
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A week at the CIC Hut

Mar 16, 2012
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A week at the CIC hut with David and Jonnie this week. Weather was not too bad with some beautiful summit days the first half of the week, total inversion. The routes we got done were
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Heading to the Hut

Mar 10, 2012
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I will be in CIC hut all next week with David and Jonathan. If there is any good ice to be climbed we will be climbing it. I also have a few ideas for some great Alpine type days, such as Observatory Ridge finishing up the final two ice pitches of Hadrians at the top. Will post some pictures and blog when I get down next Friday.
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New snow, rain, falling cornices, typical Ben Nevis!

Mar 08, 2012
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Trevor and Jim were keen to lead more today so we dodged the fresh slab which was around in large pockets with very unstable layers, and made our way to Green gully. After the first pitch we decided to traverse right to No3 Gully Buttress. There was just too much spindrift and slough coming down to let the guys continue leading up the gully. Jim led the traverse and once over they led up in fine style, the stance management and changeovers starting to come slicker now. There were a couple of large cornice collapses which sounded like a TGV train was in the corrie! The cornices
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un bon soirée sur la ciste

Mar 07, 2012
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un bon soirée sur la route avec moi bon ami Paulo et .. oh well, my french is not quite good enough to continue.. A great day on the Ben on Central Gully left hand with Paulo Grobel, his folk, Ken Applegate and myself.. we all sussed out we were heading
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