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Tag Archives: mont blanc

NEW – Tour du Mont Blanc

May 5, 2020by Sarah Hodgson Leave a comment

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 […]

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Chamonix news, Tour Mont Blanc, Windermere technical store

Beating blistAARRGGHs!

May 20, 2019by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

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 […]

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Alpine courses, Equipment review, Training

To B3, or not to B3!

March 7, 2019by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

“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 […]

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

Light up the night

November 11, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

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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Alpine courses, Fell Running, Lake District, Trail Running

Mont Blanc – Top 10 tips

May 18, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Reaching the summit of Mont Blanc is a dream that many realise each year, and here we look at the top 10 tips to help you achieve the summit too. […]

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Alpine courses, Mont Blanc

FREE Mont Blanc open evening

May 3, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Climbing to the summit of Mont Blanc is a case of stacking the odds in your favour; doing the training, selecting the right kit, acclimatising well, building mountain skills, and […]

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Lake District, Mont Blanc, Windermere technical store

Early bird Alps 2017

September 13, 2016by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Our last Alpine courses this summer finished at the weekend, and just in the nick of time, as the forecasts predict fresh snow to 2800m this week (link). As the […]

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Alpine courses, Mont Blanc, Weather

Mont Blanc solstice

June 24, 2016by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

While the political world is in meltdown, we are retreating into the ‘simplicity’ of the mountains, and this blog (today at least) is a referendum free zone! A huge congratulations […]

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Alpine courses, Conditions report, Mont Blanc, Uncategorized

Willy waving!

November 11, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

You clicked on the title of this post just that bit quickly to be completely innocent! Sorry to disappoint, this is no discussion of nude alti-frolics, but more of a […]

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Alpine courses, Mont Blanc

Mission accomplished

July 5, 2015by Kingsley Jones 1 Comment

The first weeks of this Alpine summer season have been our most successful ever, with 100% success on Mont Blanc each week. The weather has been very stable, and the […]

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Alpine courses, Conditions report, Mont Blanc

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