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Winter ML
Just a quick one to say I (Giles) passed my Winter ML yesterday -
Paul and Leigh also passed and along with Paul Mitchell who made up the final member of our foursome. Thanks to all for a top week ...... now off to sleep for a few days
Nepal Unclimbed
Unfortunately our Unclimbed Peak remains so ...........
Our trip started with an eventful bus journey with an 80km trip taking 12 hours starting in Kathmandu with 5 of us plus around 10 Sherpas/Porters and a whole lot of kit, finishing in Syrabubensi with a bus crammed full of people after picking up more Porters on the way.
The journey through the Nepal countryside was amazing, punctuated with small villages where we appeared to be a bit of a novelty. We were embarking on our trip on the first day of the Dasain Festival so there was a holiday atmosphere in most of the villages with people decorating their vehicles, houses and faces and playing games in the street.
Recent landslides lead to a few hairy moments on the road with us having to walk across numerous sections. Nepalise bureaucracy made for some long hold ups at various army checkpoints but much arm waving, telephone calls and raised voices safely saw us on our way.
We finally made it to Syrabubensi to find the intended guest house was full so tents it was on the local playing field.
The next day we started our trek into the Langtang National Park with our destination a small group of Guest Houses called the Llama Hotel. As we were still at quite a low altitude the temperatures were pretty high and there was plenty of colourful plant life not to mention monkeys in the trees.
The next day we continued our trek heading towards…
Kathmandu
Well we arrived safely in Kathmandu last night after a brief stop over in the Middle East. Today we’re busy doing last minute admin jobs and sorting kit out prior to our departure for Langtang tomorrow morning. Oh and also recovering from the drinking session last night
Its a fantastic place and a real sensory overload. Fingers crossed when we’re next online (prob 3 weeks time) we and the team will have successfully made the first ascent of our peak. We’ll upload some pictures then
Homeless Loafers in the French Alps
Well it’s been a while - we’ve just been so busy enjoying ‘not working’ that we haven’t had much time for updating our site!
We had a good week with John and Leigh, if a little troubled by the weather
I managed my first 4,000m peak, the Allalinhorn, with John, although unfortunately Giles and Leigh were forced to turn back and wait for us to finish as Giles was not well. (Therefore no photos of that one as I was too knackered to carry my camera and have yet to nab some photos from John).
A few days later we regrouped and all managed to get to the summit of Weismeiss, pictures below…
We said goodbye to John and Leigh, and we returned to Chamonix. Unfortunately the next 5 days saw us valley ridden with bad colds and then bad weather We eventually got fed up waiting for the weather to improve, so we found some valley cragging, and ventured out on to the Mer de Glace in the cloud for some ice climbing.
Finally the good weather arrived, and we headed up the Aiguille du Midi, to attempt the Midi-Plan traverse. Awesome views, the route not completed, but one hell of an adventure! Best save the details to be told over a pint some time
Needless to say we’ll be back next year to finish it off…
One week to go, and with the weather set good we’re planning to stay in Chamonix and make the most of it.…
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