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Category Archives: Matterhorn

To B3, or not to B3!

March 7, 2019by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

“To B3, or not to B3, that is the question”.Β Apologies for the awful pun (we really aren’t), but increasingly it’s challenged. Sorry, not sorry, but if you are one of […]

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Alpine courses, Eiger, Equipment review, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc

Late summer alpinism

September 10, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

The heatwave in the Alps has ended, and the snowline is slowly descending, heralding the arrival of autumn. Over in Chamonix, snowfalls are forecast down to 2400m today (link). In […]

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Alpine courses, Matterhorn

#Matterhorn150

August 1, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Some people make big bold brash ascents of mountains, in a blaze of noise and publicity. Others climb quietly, yet their climb means so much to them, that this speaks […]

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Alpine courses, Matterhorn

Blister free boots

May 12, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

With the summer season around the corner, we’ve been updating some of our stock of hire boots (see photo above), and take this opportunity to explore how to avoid getting […]

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Equipment review, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc

Matterhorn focus

April 2, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

We’ve been operating Matterhorn courses for nearly 15 years now, so know a fair bit about the mountain, and thought we should share some knowledge better with you, to help […]

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Alpine courses, Conditions report, Matterhorn

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

Alpine Trilogy success

August 26, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Last week was one of our most successful ever for summit success on the Eiger, Matterhorn, and Mont Blanc. In this photo on the Eiger summit are Pere who guided […]

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Alpine courses, Eiger, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc

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

Matterhorn summits

August 5, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

A massive congratulations to our teams on the Matterhorn this week, which saw another series of successful ascents. Here are John, Fred, Andrew and Matt on the summit on Tuesday, after an […]

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Alpine courses, Matterhorn

Matterhorn & Eiger

August 30, 2011by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

We’ve had an exceptionally busy past couple of weeks on the Matterhorn and Eiger, with people summiting almost every day. The conditions are great on both peaks, even with the […]

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Conditions report, Eiger, Matterhorn

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