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Category Archives: Guides

Winter Toubkal report

April 10, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Rod has just returned from a Winter Toubkal trip of ours, where he successfully reached the summit. His photo is above at the metal summit pyramid at 4167m, which was […]

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Guides, Toubkal

Hidden Lake District

June 5, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

The sketches above look like they’ve been taken straight from an Arthur Ransome book, perhaps in the mines with Slater Bob and Squashy Hat, but in fact the drawings are […]

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Guides, Lake District, Windermere technical store

Winter Ice 2015

May 16, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

While we are looking ahead to our summer season in the Alps and further field, many people have been contacting us about ice climbing for next winter. We released our […]

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Alpine courses, Guides, Ice climbing, Icicle news

Mont Fourchon summit

April 11, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Read our latest snowshoeing blog about ascending the magnificent Mont Fourchon 2902m from the Grand Saint Bernard monastery. It’s a fascinating insight into this region, and explains some of the […]

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Alpine courses, Guides, Snowshoeing

Snowshoe review

February 7, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Yesterday we were out filming a snowshoe test, of our most popular two brands of snowshoe, which we stock in our Windermere store. These are the MSR Lightning Ascent, and […]

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Equipment review, Guides, Snowshoeing, Windermere technical store

Alpine Apprenticeship

November 17, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Fast track your Alpine climbing career, with this month long course in the Alps. You’ll climb in Switzerland, France and Italy, over four weeks of back to back courses bolted […]

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Alpine courses, Eiger, Guides, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc

Innominata Monte Bianco

September 5, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Colin and Francois are safely back from their ascent of the huge Innominata ridge on Mont Blanc. They climbed the route in a single push from the Monzino hut above […]

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Alpine courses, Alpine Photos, Guides, Mont Blanc

Alpine photo galleries

August 20, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Thanks again to the guides for uploading their photos of clients, whilst being so busy working every day in the Alps. There are some great new photos in the following […]

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Alpine courses, Alpine Photos, Guides

Leave No Trace

August 8, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

A great photo from Merlin at the top of Mont Blanc last week, with a suitably tired looking David on the left. We plan all our trips on the guidelines […]

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Environment, Guides, Icicle news

Emotional summit times

July 26, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

You can see the raw emotion in this summit photo from the Matterhorn yesterday; the joy, pride, and disbelief in Faisal’s face (left), and the happiness and determination in Ervin’s, […]

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Alpine Photos, Guides, Icicle news, Matterhorn

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