Equilibrium of Aequilibrium?
The state of balance is the equilibrium, but the La Sportiva series of Aequilibrium boots throws any balance right out of the window. They’ve ripped up the rule book, and […]
Jones-Ross formula
Are we there yet? Naismith re-imagined No one loved maths at school. I hated it, but then I was rubbish at it. Some will doubtless say they loved it, but I […]
Time to #BeAdventureSmart
With the UK mountain areas starting to open up, after the COVID-19 lockdowns, people are starting to venture back into the hills. Now, more than ever, the mountains are being […]
NEW – Tour du Mont Blanc
Re-inventing the wheel can’t be easy, but it’s been done with this new guidebook about the legendary Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), recently released by Vertebrate Publishing. So why is […]
Beating blistAARRGGHs!
Sorry for the photo if you were eating! Better to see it, than experience it, and with that in mind, and the summer Alpine climbing season around the corner, here’s […]
To B3, or not to B3!
“To B3, or not to B3, that is the question”. Apologies for the awful pun (we really aren’t), but increasingly it’s challenged. Sorry, not sorry, but if you are one of […]
UTMB i-spy Top 10
It’s magnificent. It’s brutal. It’s inspirational. Runners from all around the world descend on Chamonix in the French Alps, for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), which describes itself […]
Piste off?
All our ski courses are off-piste and ski touring, but we get many enquiries for those on our trips, how to better prepare for their ‘warm up’ on-piste / family […]
Avalanche risk 5
Chamonix ski area is in complete lockdown this weekend, with avalanche risk 5/5, the highest level. Many chalets were evacuated (link), some roads were closed (link), and people advised to […]
Light up the night
Stepping out of the cosy mountain hut at 3am, for an Alpine start of a peak, you emerge bleary eyed under a sky dotted with thousands of stars. The swathe […]
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