Archie's Mountain

Reporting the progress of Karl and Rich as they train and prepare to climb Mont Blanc for the children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent, in memory of Archie, who died 10 years ago aged 14 months. Please visit www.archiesmountain.com for full details or to contribute.

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Ross The Smiler

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With Mont Blanc now a happy memory, I've decided to start a new blog, focussing on Ross and his smiles... To access it please click on t...
Monday, 10 August 2009

Ross & Fin on tour - Summer 09

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We’re just back from our tour of Europe! The first week was a thoroughly enjoyable week in the south of France with Rich and his family wher...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Rich says "It's been emotional"...

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It had been 13 years since I was last in the Alps – I had spent the summer of 1996 soloing in the Ecrins National Park, bagging a bunch of...
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Friday, 26 June 2009

Healing heels...

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So 2 weeks after destroying my heels, they are healing up well, still a bit sore but much better than they have been. I even managed to cycl...
Saturday, 20 June 2009

A picture tells a thousand words

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While I compose myself, here is the story of our ascent, in pictures - just click here There is also a rather poorer-than-I-had-hoped-for pa...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Mont Blanc by Karl (Rich will supply the climber's perspective...)

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Rich and I travelled to Geneva on Thursday 11th June, met in the airport and got our shuttle bus to our hotel in Chamonix. After commandeeri...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Success!!!

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At midday on Saturday 13th June, Rich and I walked side-by-side onto the empty summit of Mont Blanc. It's a long time since we decided t...
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