A picture book mountain, conical, covered in snow and stands higher than anything around it at 5,610m. It’s the highest Peak in the Middle East and the highest volcano in the whole of Asia. The mountain is renowned for having strong winds and exceptionally cold temperatures as low as -50C. It has had only 1…

The ginat. A name has been resonating in my mind and sending tingling down my spine for a long time now. Rebuffet has ranked this climb as 99/100 in the classic alpine routes, in hardness and seriousness and it is the hardest alpine route I had attempted so far. Looking up at the route its…

Pascal, Diderick, Olafur, and Viktor all student from Le Rosey signed up for the Heli Skiing expedition to the Wildstrubel. Peter (guide), Mr Brewer, myself (Dares) Accompany them to ensure their safety in some impressive and dangerous terrain of the Wildstrubel. //www.youtube.com/get_player ‘It’s a small chopper’ I point out, ‘a charge you must have heard before,…

Hopeful that the snow from 2 days ago would be fresh enough to give good ski conditions, john and i head up the aiguille du midi to ski the petite envers and down the vallee blanche. //www.youtube.com/get_player From the first turn it was clear the snow had been effected by the sun and wind making…