We stayed in on New Years eve so we could wake up fresh for our early start on New Years day. The plan was to go to Puente Palo and climb to the 3005m summit of Cerrillo Redondo in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Our good friends Wael and Orla (our Bolivia trip companions) also joined [...]
We had this idea to take a photo of Lanjaron with the peak of Cerro de Caballo behind when it had snow on it, of course its been a long time coming, with the late rain and then the never ending rain. We knew this dry sunny day was coming, all the forecasts said so, [...]
We had to go in and extract a client who had very bad blisters, he was on a 5 day traverse of the Sierra Nevada, so we took the Khumbu and Bruno with us for a day out. We left Lanjaron at 9am sharp, drove to the Hoya de Mora above the Sierra Nevada Ski [...]
Ive just returned from a weeks holiday in Mallorca, what a great little island it is.
We landed in torrential rain, gale force winds, thunder and lightning! Woo hoo round of applause for the pilot of Air Berlin! Now that’s an airline that deserves a plug, cheap, hassle free, 20kg of free hold luggage, free drinks [...]
So im on a catch up of trips and sillys to write about.
Firstly I shall start with a day trip we had in August to see our friend Wael who has a house in a town called Otivar. Ian from Birdwatch Alpujarras came with us so on the way we did a spot of bird [...]
My good friend, mountaineer and skier, Bob Redwood, has recently died of a brain tumour of a type known as “Glioblastoma Multiforme” the most common and aggresive type. This has led us to this fundraising effort. The aim is to raise awareness and funds for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign. Brain tumours affect people of all ages. [...]
Yes its true, we were out with 3 Spanish Highs clients in the high Sierra Nevada and climbing a peak called Cerro de Caballo (3009m). Circling above us and the mountain were around 16 BIG birds, first thoughts were Golden Eagles but as we got higher and nearer to them, no for sure they were [...]
I have recently spent 3 days in the Sierra Nevada, followed by a day with brid watching clients (report to come). We are having a busy time in our “quiet” time of the year. We have had 10 guys out who have done a 6 day traverse of the 3000m peaks in the Sierra Nevada. [...]
We took Khumbu and Bruno up to the snow yesterday, probably their last chance as temperatures are in the 30s most days now and its melting fast. We decided to take the skis and see if we could ski in the Sierra Nevada mid June. Turns out you can! We had a great day, Khumbu [...]
At last your chance to see the video of when we went to Patagonia in 2006 and traversed the icefield which circles the famous Cerro Torre and Fitzroy massifs. The quality is not great in places as the video was rescued off our scratched dvd.
You can view more photos in my gallery section or you [...]
Between the Sierras & the Sea, Lanjarón, gateway to Las Alpujarras. Living in the spa town of Lanjaron in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, follow the adventures of life in this part of Andalucia.
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