Pow Pow..............Pow Pow

Well it read -10 on the car read out yesterday, its snowed and snowed. So we've had one or two little runs in Villars on the Glacier and other places, skinned, skied and snow pack evaluation.

we spent a day with Louis Piguet IFMGA mountain guide from Leysin and Mammut's avalanche man looking at avalanche awareness and transceiver work, it's always useful to get out and practise in the event that you may have to help when out and about in the mountains

Last weekend Villlars opened there was loads of snow but it dictated care as with this much new snow many aspects were loaded, so watch out when your out there................................

A great few runs with Sarah, Frances, JP, Kelly, Hugh & Lucy

POW POW not worth the picture if your in it !

With the season of pow pow nearly upon us we should being thinking about, checking all our kit and making sure it all works.

It is worth thinking about for those of us who enjoy those iridescent videos of perfect tracks considering the link blow as more and more technology arrives, camera, mobile phones, helmet cams, etc etc

http://www.facewest.co.uk/facewestblog/2012/11/06/go-pro-warning-for-transceiver-users/

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