K2

With all that went on during the Mont Blanc summit attempt, it was easy to forget the tragedy that occurred on K2 during the start of our time in Chamonix. I blocked it out of my mind, otherwise I may have let it affect my motivation and judgement. It is only now that I have [...]

Posted at 1:15 pm on 25 August , 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: 1 | read on

A Sobering Aftermath

After all of the excitement and memories that we took with us from Mont Blanc, a sobering news story that broke tonight, brought me back down to Earth. Ten climbers have been lost on the massif, they were attempting to reach the summit of Mont Blanc du Tacul before continuing on to Mont Blanc itself. [...]


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With only a few days to go before we leave for Chamonix, I have decided to set up a blog of our time in the Alps. I will be climbing Mont Blanc (4808m) with two other buddies, Stephen Macluskie & Chris MacDougall. We leave on Sunday 3rd August and return on the 11th August. Several days of glacier training and acclimatisation then an attempt on the summit at the end of the week.

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