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1984, Alps, climbing, France, La Berarde, Outdoor Education, Tuesday Group, walking

Another Day – Another Dollar

Here we are at day ten, just two days to go. If we push it, we could just get another peak climbed and I am anxious to go out with a bang rather than a whimper. The weather is forecast to continue fine and I have just the thing in mind; Pic Coolidge at 3700 metres Continue reading Another Day – Another Dollar

Pete MainJune 20, 2020December 22, 2020Leave a comment
1984, Alps, climbing, France, holiday, La Berarde, Tuesday Group, walking

The Shop

Written in 1984, this piece took a different look at an alpine climbing holiday, I still like it. Much will have changed in the last 36 years. ‘Monsieur’ the shopkeeper and the shop have long gone. Camping was in the field below the village with very few facilities. Continue reading The Shop

Pete MainJune 14, 2020June 17, 2020Leave a comment
Skiing below the Matterhorn
1984, Alps, France, holiday, ski-mountaineering, Switzerland

The Haute Route

A Traverse of the Haute Route in April 1984 from Chamonix to Saas Fee by Peter Main and John Armstrong Continue reading The Haute Route

Pete MainJune 2, 2020June 17, 2020Leave a comment

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