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Climbing mountains or climbing the walls
Category: Alpine
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What does this say to you?
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As we broke trail we could hear and see small avalanches all around the face and surrounding gullies.. yeah we needed a new plan!
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after a nice relaxing night, the shackles of the city well and truly shuffled off we hit the hay planning a nice civilised 9am kickoff.
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This land unchanged for millennia, carved over eons of ice, rain and wind. The deer and birds running and flying paths led by their ancestors for time untold.
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All of it supporting the motto I live and coach by which is “you have to leave your comfort zone , because outside of it is where the magic happens”.
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Sitting in the sun – still in big boots, climbing gear and shades, sipping coffee at a cafe in the main street among the tourist is something you only really get to enjoy in Chamonix
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we chanced our luck and James and I headed back to see if Lillaz was in and were rewarded with what I can only describe as the most amazing water ice , multi pitch cascade climbing I have even experienced.
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after snow ploughing for what felt like a mile we arrived at a very steep (for a newbie) run out which saw us de-ski and walk the last 100 yards! #LessonLearned
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“An air bag may be £900 madam but it will save your life,” said the salesman. Well, will it?
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We geared up and managed a couple of great pitches, taking our indoor ice wall practice outdoor and it paid off.
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Thinking about my climbing some years later, it’s a lesson I’ve still not forgotten.
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If somehow you don’t know what EOFT is then let me educate you
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