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After coming down we had two good days of scorching heat on which we alternate between climbing, slack lining, trekking and hiding in the shade, followed by four days of miserable weather. During this period we also had the Climbing World Cup, with Alex Honnold doing the opening ceremony, and France being beaten by Portugal at the Euro cup’s final. Personally, all I have being doing is stuffing my face with bread and quiche. The forecasted rain and thunderstorm kept being del

Pictures of alpine climbing look great but seldom express the discomfort involved in it. It is all about making yourself comfortable in really unpleasant situations and still smile for the picture. You are often under stress, carrying heavy rucksacks, feeling hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, tired sometimes all of them together or in quick succession. Everything gets wet, humid and smelly. We sleep with gloves, insoles and any wet piece of clothing inside the sleeping bag so that

Because of work commitments this year I’ve struggled to schedule specific training and planning trips in advance. Between a job and another I still managed to squeeze two weeks in Chamonix. Luck was on my side and my friend Nikolai, who I met this winter in Norway, would also be in town and in need of a partner! I left London Friday afternoon and drove through the night fuelled by excitement and Red Bull stopping only a couple hours for a short rest. I met Nikolay at his camp

Perder equipamento, abandonar tralha na parede, ser resgatado, temporal e chuva gelada na cabeça, barraca levada pelo vento, perder mais equipamento, ser expulso de abrigo, horas sem dormir, e no meio disso tudo, descobrir que seu parceiro de escalada é literalmente maluco… Tem dias que se deve ficar na cama! Conheci o Peter através do UK Climbing, um dos mais populares sites de escalada do Reino Unido, quando eu procurava alguém para escalar o Ben Nevis no inverno. Naquela é