Alex

Thank you for a great day and for teaching me a lot more about scrambling and rope safety. Brilliant guide and will definitely be back for more trips out 🙌

Lake District Scrambling, June 2024

2024 Spring Update

2024 Spring Update

2024 started well for me on my final expedition of the old year and first of the new in Kenya. Over the holiday period I led 2 very successful trips for AP with team members reaching the summits of the 4 highest points of the mountain, Batian, Nelion, Point Lenana and Point John. Unfortunately I picked up a bug on the journey home and was slightly off form for the first few weeks of the New Year, which combined with the very wet weather slightly reduced my appetite for mountain biking back home. I had recovered by the time Rebekah and I headed out to Chamonix for a couple of weeks social skiing with old friends and clients, and a pretty good time was had all round. And now, in early April, I am making final preparations for my first big trip of the year to Lhotse in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It is very exciting to be returning to Nepal, meeting up with friends and colleagues and leading a small group to make an attempt on an 8000er. After that I will be returning to the Pamirs, Tien Shan and Norway, and available for guiding in the Lake District between trips. Watch this space!

Simon and Robin

Hi Robin, just a quick note to say thanks again for a terrific couple of days in the Lakes in the Spring, and to share that we had brilliant six days in Austria…..the learning never stops…

Simon and Robin

Alpine Rock Preparation, May 23

Graeme

Hi Robin, came back off Denali this week. Weather very sketchy this year. 6 major storm systems and summit was -58 to -66 C for our window. Quite a way colder than K2 and Everest at the time. Team got up to high camp but weather meant we stopped short of summmit. Challenging conditions- multiple rescues by rangers of teams with HACE/ frost bite who fancied their chances. Luckily we descended in one go and got the last flight off the glacier. Still no flights operating nearly a week later.

Just to say a huge thanks for the training last month. Out of 7 team members, I was one of only two who didn’t fall into a crevasse. Each resolved through a bit of muscle power verses group system. No injuries. My sled fell down cracks at various points on the way. Our training gave me the confidence to handle it without a problem. I practiced what you taught me and nailed the fixed lines and running belay….

Many memorable moments: helped rescue Norwegian team with HAPE, navigating crevassed slope in whitehout, big slab avalanche just near us. Incredible….

Thanks again, and hope to climb with you in future (keen to get into a bit of ice climbing next).

Graeme

Expedition Training, May 23

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