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Climbing mountains or climbing the walls
Category: Climbing
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The above picture, grainy and black and white though it captures a conversation I had some 3 years ago that will remain with me for a long time.
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I trained, I surveyed route guides, we talked ideas, plans, fallback plans, gear and fear.
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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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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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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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After scratching about, the last bit of gear seeming VERY far away and below me, feeling the exposure to my core I capitulated
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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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The battle continued, slabby rock under powder, no gear options and all the time swimming upstream.
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What better way to get a mini adventure out of 24 hours!
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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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