It is difficult to write about a singular time at which the mountains have saved my life. In truth, there have been far too many to count, and there are even more for which I do not even have the words to explain how, or why. Sometimes there are specific …
Following on from the Berghaus trailtakeover, we headed south to meet up with some friends for a BBQ on Sunday. The weather was again perfect for anyone not Woking bank holiday weekend and it appeared that everyone had the same idea – unplanned BBQ, so predictably the shops were out …
With the glorious weather on the summer bank holiday weekend, we had to get out. We signed ourselves up for another Berghaus event, taking place on 3 trails across the UK. The appropriately named TrailTakeover involved Berghaus staff standing in the fortunately great weather around 3 trails across the UK. …
So on Friday afternoon we both managed to leave work around 3pm and met back at home, picked up the gear and tried to beat the bank holiday weekend traffic down the M5/M50 to Symonds Yat. A few hold ups cost us 15 mins or so, but by 6pm we …
Long time no post! We are finally catching up with the world after our two week trip to Jordan at the end of April – so stay tuned for some updates from our most recent adventure abroad! Last weekend was spent in South Wales, catching up with old friends and …
So our ‘local’ (i’m talking about climbing walls here, not pubs) had a blackout event last weekend that we got fully involved in. Throwing a load of disco lights, UV canons and a couple of DJs, oh a bar and a few sponsors too, into the climbing centre resulted in an …
Water is one of the most amazing substances, and its somewhat ironic that us humans, up to 60% water, travel for miles to experience the calming effects of this mysterious liquid. We were extremely lucky to have have spent 4-5 years studying at Swansea University with the coast right on our doorstep, …
Via Ferrata (Iron Road) is now a form of climbing, originating as military routes through the Alps that allowed soldiers to remain at altitude and place gun positions on precarious terrain. It dates back to 1860s, really kicking off during World War 1, but entering the climbing scene in 1930s …
This weekend we headed back up to Llanberis and looked around Bangor University with my sister. After a number of mind boggling lectures on psychology and student finance, and admiring some excellent views over towards Anglesey and Snowdonia despite the weather, we hit the road and revisited Beacon climbing centre, …
Happy International Women’s Day! Here is Gee crushing it during Kendall Mountain Festival 2016, near Little Font in the Lake District. Girl. Power.
For Christmas, Georgina bought us tickets to see the legendary BANFF mountain film festival in Malvern theatres. Luckily for us, both film programmes were playing on consecutive nights and Gee had thought about it far enough in advance that we got amazing seats, slap bang in the middle, for both …
