Famous Five get High

With a great forecast after a dismal day. Tanya, Sarah, Jim myself and uncle Pete hatched a plan so Uncle Pete could experience Switzerland.

We decided that Pierre Avoi (2472)m above Verbier with great access form the col Coer would be  a good objective for the day, and what a day it turned out to be. I have been up here a few time before to climb (the classic L'arete) and walk today we did both, there are some great buttress's so we climbed Felix 5c & La Rape 6a, it was tip top, (sorry to Tanya who I told that Felix was 4c)



 
It's over there

Sarah atop La rape

 

 A most excellent day where we never stopped laughing, Thanks guys

Great afternoon

This afternoon I was joined by Tanya for a quick trip up to Pierre du Moelle, to an area of Chienqui dort this is a great venue of slabbed of water fluted limestone, we have been working toward Tanya becoming an independent climber. We culminated today climbing single pitch routes as a leader and a second.

Tanya looking rightly please at the top

Gooseman & Iceman go to topGun

It's the October holidays so keen to make the most of the weather and the area, I teamed up with Tanya on Friday for a quick walk above Leysin, on the way Tom (aka Gooseman) called asking if I fancied the Via Ferrata up the front face of the tour d'Ai (2331m). A plan was hatched

Use up lift, mountain bike down to Lac d'Ali, hide bike walk up to the route, do route, quoting anything we could for the film Top Gun, the walk down, find the bike and then use the most excellent MTB trails back down to Leysin............................ Top Gun

It all looks a bit improbable from the ground but a great day with a great friend

A few routes between work

I was joined by Pete (Chappers) this afternoon for a quick climb at a very friendly crag very close to Ollon, Verchiez,- Besson we climbed three routes, Orties au the vineron 5+*, Deja5b & Quela force soitavec tios 5+ a great couple of hours before the clouds started to build for the inevitable.

Pete on the top moves of ' may the force be with you', well it had to be done...............

Mr Lazy

Apologies to those who have looked at the blag and assumed I've been doing nothing.
Skiing, climbing, Rwanda, cycling, more cycling and climbing.

Here are some pictures...........................

Worth posting

Pleae click on the link below, I dont think there are many of us that have'nt experince someone we know and love that has been affected by cancer. Rember all those great times. go on get a t-shirt........

http://www.climbersagainstcancer.org/

Busy busy busy

It's been a very busy but fantastic few weeks with some little adventures in the verticle and the horizonal, here some pictures which they do do paints a thousand words......................