York MC Winter Weekend 31 January – 3 February 2013 In terms of numbers, this was the biggest winter weekend for a few years, with 19 York MC members travelling up to Newtonmore for some snowy fun. Not all were able to fit into the ‘official’ club accommodation, so Craigower… Continue reading
SNOWY HALLSFELL RIDGE After some significant snowfall over the weekend, Loch and Andrew found Hallsfell Ridge quite well snowed up on Tuesday, (12 Feb) with some sizeable cornices. Possibly the only corner of England that day to sport some brief blue skies and sunshine. Continue reading
Mike, Maria and I decided that kicking off the new year with a jaunt up North was a good idea and based on an optimistic MWIS forecast we packed climbing gear, warm clothes and headtorches; and pottered up to Crianlarich YH – arriving in time for a quick look at… Continue reading
THREE OLD COVES Two old coves (Loch and Andrew) headed up into Brown Cove (Crag) on Helvellyn on 12th December.. Easy gulley, good neve, excellent views. Continue reading
GRAMPIAN GLORIES October 6th and 7th, 2012 “I’m a little Teapot, short and stout…….” A clear though windy day in early autumn, and a steady pull from Loch Muick up to the summit of Lochnagar at 1155 metres. The last time I was here, had been via the Stuic ridge,… Continue reading
An Ambush* of Tigers Little Chamonix, Borrowdale (23 September 2012) (*The collective noun for a group of tigers is an ambush, which I think seems fitting!) After investing in tiger outfits for Pete’s 30th birthday party in Keswick, the opportunity for some tiger-based climbing action seemed too good to… Continue reading
SANDWOOD BAY AND CAPE WRATH…… SEPTEMBER 2012 The noise. Like being next to a busy motorway it was thunderous, deep, incessant, and tinged with menace. In the aftermath of an Atlantic storm, the surf of Sandwood Bay heaved and banged and rolled. Near to the most northwesterly… Continue reading
Andy and I have managed to get in a couple of pretty special days despite the criminal weather that we have endured this month. A couple of Fridays ago an excellent outing to Middlefell Buttress in Langdale (with the obligatory pint in the Old Dungeon Ghyll after). Then on the… Continue reading
Monte Rosa & Mattertal 2012 Maria and I were lucky enough to have 3 weeks in the Alps this year. We based ourselves in Täsch (a few km away from Zermatt), and managed to get ourselves up a reasonable few mountains during the trip (in between the fondu eating and beer… Continue reading
KLETTERSTEIG IN THE TYROL The suncream came out in the afternoon heat at Munich Airport, where I met York MC’s longest serving expat., Jack Pezzey, now an Australian. However by early evening the Tyrol was resounding to Gotterdammerung as the thunderstorm boomed and cracked and the rain came… Continue reading
