Inspired by my father-in-law, my goal is to climb all 82 of the 4,000m peaks in the Alps and the first stage is to climb all the Swiss peaks. There are 48 Swiss peaks and so far I have climbed 42. A successful summit of the Lenzspitze would leave only five remaining and the hope … Continue reading Summit Report – Lenzspitze (3rd time lucky) and Nadelhorn Traverse (4,294m, AD+)
A combination of COVID and a guide with a broken collar bone meant that I found myself with Scottish mountain guide Kenny Grant at the top of the Jungfrau glacier staring into misty, white mass of nothing. We set off tentatively, hugging the left-hand side of the glacier, using the rocks to our left as … Continue reading Summit Report (Grosses and Hinter Fiescherhorn 4,049m PD, Gross Grunhorn 4,044m PD+ and Finsteraarhorn 4,274m PD+)
The Aletschorn has a reputation for being a long, long way from anywhere! Most people will take two, sometimes three, days to climb it, staying at the Oberaletsch Hut to summit via the South West ridge. The SW ridge is the new “normal” route as the Mittelaletsch Bivouac was destroyed in an avalanche making the … Continue reading Sado Masochism and Dripping Clocks (Summit Report – Aletschhorn 4,193m, PD+)
After an entire season of searching, I finally found some ice caves to photograph. A curious experience to walk under a living, moving glacier!
A beautiful day in our backyard!
Yet another early start but the colours were worth it.
A night under canvas with my daughter to capture the sunrise lighting up the Matterhorn.
Another early start to capture the sunrise in Ferpecle
I woke early to catch the sunrise over Lac Bleu in Arolla
In the summer of 2020, Tristan (aged 12 and 38kg) and I (aged 51 and 68kg) decided to rock climb the easiest line on Pierre Avoir; the isolated peak that looks down onto Verbier from the Savoleyres sector. It is a 120m route comprising a series of four pitches graded 5a, 5a, 4c and 5c … Continue reading Pierre Avoir, Rock Climbing
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