I can’t remember exactly when I first met Gregory. It was probably sport climbing somewhere. Back in the day he used to be almost exclusively into clipping bolts. To be honest, I didn’t get on with him so well at first. He was too “new school” for my fusty traditionalistic ways. But gradually, over the […]
Patagonia Expedition Report
Me and Ben have finally got round to finishing the write up of our trip to the Fitz Roy region of Patagonia at the start of this year; Where amongst other failed excursions we managed to climb Domo Blanco, Cerro Sandhardt and Fitz Roy. It’s pretty long winded. Best skip to Ben’s account of Mate, […]
Insulin sensitivity weirdness
On the walk back from the Jorasses I experienced an unusual change in my insulin sensitivity that I’ve only experienced once before; last winter in Patagonia. Normally during and after exercise my insulin sensitivity goes up, hence I need to inject less insulin, this is the recognised relationship between exercise and insulin sensitivity. But after the […]
Cham… (part 2)
Matterhorn North Face (not quite Cham but near enough) After the Colton Mac I went bouldering for about a week then drove home with Hazel. I couldn’t keep away long though. After about a week in the UK I got a message from my friend Tom asking if I was keen for the north face […]
Cham… (part 1)
At the start of the summer I had the plan of trying to climb in parts of the Alps other than around Chamonix. The reasoning being that I’d spent far too much time in Cham and could do with exploring the rest of the Alps a bit more. That plan hasn’t gone so well. The […]
