So what did you do at the MKMC Christmas meet? (Alan Mountford)
Answer. A great deal of eating and drinking, some scrambling and a bit of climbing.
Friday night, and the journey up was uneventful, which is how I like my car journeys. With Alex at the rudder, we were soon pulling into our parking spot at Caseg Fraith, our accommodation for the next two days.
Christmas Meet – Dec 2009 (Gary Lloyd)
The time spent honing axes and crampons to razor like levels of sharpness, was not time well spent. The time should have gone in to reproofing water proofs. Or looking at the weather forecasts.
The only water ice I was going to find was in the back of the …
Pulling Power in Hot Chamonix (Alan Mountford)
From my perch 2500m above sea level I could see the snow covered summit of Mont Blanc. Paragliders circled around the cable car which had brought us to Le Brevent, and far below, Chamonix. This was the setting for my coral wedding anniversary, 700 miles away from my wife, Cathy, who was watching birds at Slimbridge. And what a setting!
Cherry Hinton Chalk Quarry (Gary Lloyd)
After a initial late night visit to Cherry Hinton Chalk quarry I had pretty much written the place off as a choss pit of death.With a sprinkling of choss.
On the first outing I climbed a shallow groove line on the Brenva face, from the quarry floor it looked a walk in the park. In practice the crumbly, friable chalk offered no security what so ever. I got a little freaked out and vowed never to return.
Costa Blanca March 2009- The Puig (Rachel Sutton)
Following an enjoyable trip out to Spain last March, Bill and I decided to head back out there this spring. The prospect of warm climbing and the potential of a long multi pitch climb lured Alex into joining us.
Ice climbing in Rjukan (Gary Lloyd)
On the 28th Feb 2009 four MKMC members flew out to Rjukan, Norway for a spot of ice climbing. Read one of Gary’s tales and see Nigel’s photos.
End to End. The tale of an x runner (Alan Mountford)
A fascinating day by day account of Alan’s journey from Lands End to John O’Groats by bicycle.
