» Italian Ski Touring - Parco Natural dell'Adamello
30/04/14 13:25 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Italy is a great place to go at the moment - a coffee still costs less than €3, normally half that at €1.50. That is all that needs to be said to Paul to persuade him that some Italian skiing and climbing is a better idea than Provence a...
» Sunshine and showers ...
04/03/14 19:10 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
So the winter has been windy, and fairly mild. I cannot think of a day when the windscreen has needed frost scrapping from it in the morning. Surprisingly the Scottish highlands has huge amounts of snow, a far bigger volume than most win...
» Stormy winter
21/02/14 12:31 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
There have been many stormy days this winter and summiting mountains is a rarity rather than the norm. I have been working for myself through Mountain Expertise and Plas Y Brenin so far this winter. I had a great few days with Simon - wh...
» Dry, bright, sunny? Summer time
08/02/14 12:31 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Friday, 16 August 2013 We have both been pretty busy since returning from the alps in the spring. Mostly working, but with a week off down in Cornwall which was superb. The work will continue now until a small break in mid September. You...
» How time flies...
08/02/14 12:31 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Sunny Summer 2013!! Sunday, 6 October 2013 It has been a busy few months with many highlights. Paul had a great few days out climbing again with youngster Jonathan and his Dad building on a successful few days out last summer. Both of us...
» Kalymnos, Greece
08/02/14 12:30 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Honeymoon in Paradise? Saturday, 26 October 2013 So the busy summer has come to an end and in September we got married. After a few more weeks of work in Wales at the end of September we headed off to the sports climbing Paradise of Kaly...
» Autumn work finishes - Sun rock begins...
08/02/14 11:36 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Rock Climbing in Wadi Rum, Jordan Friday, 6 December 2013 So it seems to have been an autumn of rock climbing - however some wet hillwalking, ML assessing & training has slotted in nicely between ‘sun rock’ hits! Jordan has been on the l...
» Quick turn around...
08/02/14 11:19 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Anti Atlas, Morocco Friday, 6 December 2013 We had a quick turn around to do some washing in Horley before getting back on an Easyjet flight to Agadir! Armed with Emma Alsford and Paul Donnithorne’s Morocco rock, we hired a car and heade...
» Happy New Year!!
08/02/14 11:19 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Skiing in the Fanes - Sennes National Park - Northern Dolomites Saturday, 4 January 2014 Last summer whilst climbing in the Dolomites we became inspired by the idea of skiing there. After some research and random pub chat we discovered t...
» And the summer begins?
07/02/14 20:31 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Ski touring in the Stubai & Ortler Alps, sports climbing in Finale. Tuesday, 7 May 2013 Paul and I have just returned from a fabulous 3 weeks skiing and climbing in the alps. We spent the first week in the Stubai alps in Austria. Conditi...
» Goodbye Scottish winter, hello Welsh winter??
07/02/14 20:28 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Winter Climbing in British Summer Time Saturday, 6 April 2013 What a great winter - Plas y Brenin winter finished with a nice ascent of Ledge Route. The following week Paul and I had some adventures in the North West climbing on Quinia...
» Amazing couple of weeks #7
07/02/14 20:27 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Tuesday, 5 March 2013 Another soft shell (well almost) week at Plas y Brenin working on an Introduction to Scottish Winter Climbing. A good rest day on Saturday was very hard to do with such amazing weather, but necessary to allow the bo...
» High pressure pushes in... #6
07/02/14 20:25 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Crowberry Gully Finally the winds have dropped and a softshell week has happened. This week I have been working for Plas y Brenin and Paul has been in the north west working for Martin Moran. A rise and fall in temperatures has seen i...
» Another windy start to the week #5
07/02/14 20:24 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
This week I was out with Simon the aim of the 3 days to try and bag some Munros and do some winter climbing. We had carefully prepared a great list of possible routes to do. However, the 100mph + winds and tricky road conditions affected...
» A windy week....with a calm finish #4
07/02/14 20:23 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
A windy and wild week with a fine finish! Sunday, 3 February 2013 Paul has had this week off and been out climbing. He headed over to Carn Etchechan with Chris Thorne & Gaz Davies on Thursday and did Red Guard VI,6 and on Friday he heade...
» Low pressure systems batter Scotland!! Winter Report # 3
07/02/14 20:22 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
From cold and clear to wet, wild and warm Tuesday, 29 January 2013 A wild but cold weekend working on MCofS student winter skills courses at Glenmore Lodge was followed by some days to get out climbing. Monday was mega windy - Paul wa...
» Winter Conditions Reports 2013 #2
07/02/14 20:20 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Winter returns ... Friday, 18 January 2013 A busy week starting with a lead refresher course for 4 members of the Ladies Scottish Climbing Club. We headed into coire an t-sneachda and spent time looking at gear placements, tidy rope wo...
» Winter Conditions Reports 2013 #1
07/02/14 20:18 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Winter so far ... Glen Coe & Ben Nevis Friday, 11 January 2013 Our arrival in Scotland coincided with a rather warm and wet period of weather. Having seen great reports of ski touring and plenty of snow the picture we had on arrival was ...
» Mount Kenya, Safari’s and Beaches...
07/02/14 20:16 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Mount Kenya; Rock climbing the Shipton route on Nelion & trekking Pt. Leanna Monday, 24 December 2012 January & February are the recommended ‘summer’ months for rock climbing on Mt Kenya’s south side. But January & February are working s...
» Perfect sports climbing in Antalya, Turkey
07/02/14 20:12 from KATHRYN JAMES MOUNTAIN EXPERTISE - WINTER CONDITIONS REPORT
Bolt clipping in the sun?! Antalya, Turkey Tuesday, 30 October 2012 Struggling for words on this one ... what a great place. We didn’t have perfect weather but that did not matter. 3 days of blistering hot sunshine kept us in the shade f...