Job satisfaction
95% of the time, mountain guiding is the best job in the world. 4% of the time it’s a bit stressful and 1% of the time it’s utterly terrifying. I […]
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Teddy Bears Picnic
If you go down to the woods today You’re sure of a big surprise.If you go down to the woods todayIn snow that’s up to your thighsFor ev’ry bear that […]
Kendal 2018 Top Tips
It’s that time of year: Kendal Mountain Festival approaches at breakneck speed. Although preparations for 2018 started as the dust is settled in 2017, it’s really in the last couple […]
From Gaston to Philippe
On a guides’ day off this summer, I teamed up with Ross Hewitt and we went to escape the heat on the Rébuffat route on the north side of the […]
Climb Now – Work Later
Rock climbing really is the best sport in the world. It’s how I wind down from a summer work season, going climbing with my friends. This autumn I’ve had 3 […]
Kendal 2017 – the agony of choice
It’s that time of year again. Strong coffee, pizza and beer play havoc with my rock slimnast physique as we enter 4 nights and 3 days of the Kendal Mountain […]
Entente cordiale
(n) a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions. the understanding between Britain and France reached in 1904, forming the basis of Anglo-French cooperation in World War […]
Humility
On the 11th February, I attended one of those small but significant events that happen now and again in the climbing world. It was a chance to reconnect with the […]
Chamonix snow report – December 2016
Let’s be honest – it’s been a bizarre start to the 2017 winter season. We had the first snow of the winter in September, and then moderate snowfalls to valley […]
Parkin studio destroyed by fire
That’s Parkin – with an “a”, not an “e”, and no “s” on the end. On the night of 9 December 2016, the studio of my good friend Andy Parkin […]
