Friday nights........ & there were two

Sarah & I headed to Verchez last night for a quick hit as we only had a couple of hours spare, this is a slabby area of three crags Dalle a Monnet is one of the sectors I've had my eye on since coming to Switzerland last August, we did two routes You are the one 6b+ & La ziza 6a* both were brilliant. The views down the Rhone valley from the top of the routes is awesome.

A great few hours, Thanks Sarah, you can be my wing man anytime................. she held a whipper...........

Click Click Click

Well my old camera finally said good bye after many years of good service in Russia, Scotland summer & winter (same thing isn't it), it being dropped in the North sea, the arctic, Hong Kong plus many other locations.

After a great deal of research I have opted for a Lumix TZ20 I have found it very intuitive, easy to use and great results. I'm over the moon with the pictures.

The Dru

 The Dru wider angle

Les Grand Charmoz

Have a look at my first attempts................ any comments welcome. Here's to a great summer and loads of pictures

Friday Nighters

If you've been keep up with the blog you will have seen that I have been out and about. Sarah Julia & I climb on local crags sand further afield, but 'Frday nighters' is something that I used to do in The Peak district with friends from Derby Mountain Rescue team.

below are a couple of pictures from a friday night session at Solalex (1462m)

Above it's not Yoga but if you reach right there is a hold...............

Going for it

Climbing, pizza & ice cream

It's been a busy few weeks and I'm very nearly at the end of my first year at Aiglon College in Switzerland, it's been great.

We had a long weekend a few weeks a go so Sarah, Lucy, Frances, Ed, Julia, Mark and headed down to Finale on the Italian Mediterranean for some R & R. I decided to just climb, others ran, biked, walked and took pictures.

The climbing in this area is out for this world, it has a reputation, for being difficult to find, and hard. We were lucky we found at the first time of asking some great cliffs around Monti Coco (sorry about the spelling) yes the grades were tough but it was about having a great time with friends and getting some mileage in. Thanks to Sarah for being a great climbing partner for the three days and poking me up a 7a+ as the last route, I didn't make it but I could see the moves................... but I always say that. The plan for the summer of climbing 7a is a little closer.

Thanks to Frances for taking the pictures