Be inspired, be very inspired

I've just watch this and it's blown my mind, watch it and then go out................... and do some thing

http://vimeo.com/51767176

Sking & how to do it well

If your thinking of skiing this season and want to get good the follow this link. It's a good friend of mine but she's a brilliant instructor.

this was reinforced last year when i friend said ' Chris you ski like a skier now not like someone from Scotland'

CHECK IT OUT

http://www.comeskiwith.me/alison-culshaw

Pow pow, well I had to start sometime

Check this out, with all the RIBBISH weather makes me smile

I feel a trip coming on...........................


http://youtu.be/3c07tODpnc0

The dark side

Keen to make the most of a good even a few of us headed down the Valley to a great crag called Yvone ( there must be a song in that)

From previous experience with Sarah i now keep a head touch in my cragging sack all the time and guess what.................... we needed it again.

So Kelly (the sandbag), Sarah (the head torch), Frances (the lens) Chappers (the chappers) and me (the mug) got stuck into as many routes as we could Sarah led the La route des Indes F 5c, Kelly and I did La dalle du caravanserail F6a which i found a bit hard and pummpy.

Then due to popular encouragement I got on Macao direct F6a+ , well Kelly said it would be really really photogenic............................... I should have asked the grade but vanity got the best of me.

Then Sarah did it when it was nearly dark and Kelly did it in the dark.

A great evening with lots of laughs, I wont mention the walk off, flip flops & Crocs

Anyway here's some pics

 Sarah on Les Routes des Indes F5c

 Kelly dancing her way up  La dalle du caravanserail F6a

 

 

Chris (the mug) onMacao direct F6a+.... it was really good

 

 

Keely's face say's it all, I guess it'll be the first 'head tourch ascent

 

 

A new hope................

Armed with my new clip stick the search was on for the 7a that I'd set myself the challenge of climbing this year.

Search no more I need not........... the route

 

The crag Sex Du Corbeau near Monthey

 

The route Tateu gauche, steep, with a bit over over hang about 25m

Here we go I'll try and post my progress, I doubt it's going to be a flash

Nice View

Check out the link below good friend and Mountain Guide James Thacker having an adventure on the Central Pillar of Freney



https://vimeo.com/50204807

Hot Hot Hot

It's been a great few weeks back in the UK catching up with family and the Olympics, it's been great to see everyone and the Chateau Planty is now open so please get in touch for availability...........................

I have a couple of weeks before I go back to work so returning late Thursday, i got out on my road bike with Sarah & Frances on Friday for a ride up to Solalex, woh it was hot.

 Saturday I joined Hilary and David for an ascent of the Dent Des Morcles 2968.9m and woh that was hot too. .

 A great day out scrambling up the final chimney and popping out only a short distance from the summit, you reverse the route, which can be a little exposed, reminded me of Torridon

This morning keen for some cooler action I joined Sarah & Dan and headed Dorenaz, specifically the Dalledes vaudois this has a wide variety of routes and grades and importantly cool, we climbed L'ABC (F5b+), Variente (F5b) and the 1st pitch of La Fissure (F6a) which reminded me of some of the old gritstone pegging cracks of the Peak district.

 Sarah on L'ABC (F5b+)

Me on La Fiissure (F6a)

Thanks for everyone it's been great getting out, here is to more over the coming couple of weeks