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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: Christmas Snow
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Monday, 4 January 2010. Here is my excuse for not getting out nearly as much as I should have done over the Christmas hols. First day of hols and what happens? I wake up early to THIS and my lie-in is well and truly busted. Way too excited. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Michael Lee, Climbing? Sam's World Of Pain. View my complete profile.
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: October 2009
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Wednesday, 28 October 2009. I have foregone a holiday all summer on the basis that work has been very busy and the conditions in Font are better towards autumn. I was desperate for some time off, time away from the office and some long stints of fresh air. I was also looking forward (with some trepidation, I must admit) to showing Tamsyn and Dina the joys of la foret domeniale de Fontainebleau and introducing them to real outdoor bouldering. Dina and Tamsyn were new to the...
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: July 2009
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Tuesday, 21 July 2009. The weekend before last we had a fabulous day in Glen Coe. Diff was filming and I tagged along to carry bags, with the promise of a day's climbing in Glen Nevis on the Sunday. How often do you see the whole of Scotland spread out before you, tops as far as the eye can see, the sea in one direction and Rannoch Moor in the other. Even the Ben was cloud free. Incredible. It seems like an age since Caroline and I hopped it down to Kyloe Out for some boul...
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: November 2009
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Tuesday, 10 November 2009. Keep Calm and Carry On. This website came to me, in relation to work, from a friend:. Keep Calm and Carry On: http:/ www.keepcalmandcarryon.com. After the last week or so of office life, it seems like an appropriate thing to remember, but I also wondered whether the phrase applies quite nicely to climbing. But also on that website I found this:. 8216;There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a cup of tea. ’. True to ...
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: Starting Again
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Wednesday, 21 July 2010. It seems like a long time since I've been out bouldering. In fact, I know how long it is. My bouldering mat was still in it's shrink-wrapping from my last trip to Font in September last year. So much has happened since then. Is the default position to climb without permission and deal with it if a problem arises, or is one supposed to not climb because one has not obtained permission? Anyway, I opted for the former. I was the only one bouldering am...
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: 9 Lives
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Friday, 25 June 2010. I couldn't leave this little BBC news item unshared. It gave me an especially nice Friday feeling. If you were a cat, how bad would it be to have no back feet? Lucky black cat Oscar could tell you; I'm sure he'd tell you how great it is to have them back too. Http:/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science and environment/10404251.stm. 25 June 2010 at 18:33. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Michael Lee, Climbing? Sam's World Of Pain. View my complete profile.
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: July 2010
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Monday, 26 July 2010. Diggory, Diggory Delvet. Look who we saw by the River Esk on the outskirts of Musselburgh! Diggory, Diggory Delvet. Little old man in black velvet. He digs and he delves,. You can see for yourselves. The holes dug by Diggory Delvet. From Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, Beatrix Potter. Wednesday, 21 July 2010. One special climbing trip - Part 1. We hired a vintage VW campervan, a bright yellow splitty called Hannah, from Classic Campers. Finding the bo...
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: June 2010
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Friday, 25 June 2010. I couldn't leave this little BBC news item unshared. It gave me an especially nice Friday feeling. If you were a cat, how bad would it be to have no back feet? Lucky black cat Oscar could tell you; I'm sure he'd tell you how great it is to have them back too. Http:/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science and environment/10404251.stm. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Michael Lee, Climbing? Sam's World Of Pain. View my complete profile.
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: Cruach Ardrain
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Monday, 4 January 2010. We found some potential bouldering spots just above the col between Cruach Ardrain and Stob Garbh. I'm not sure I'd want to haul my big mat all the way up there (except that it would be good training.er, for what? But if I had my shoes and a wee brush it would definitely be worth a potter. Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy hills in the sunset. Cruach Ardrain in the background. Big Brothers: Ben More and Stob Binnein. Good bouldering in the summer?
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey: One special climbing trip - Part 2
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Alpine Dreams of a Desk Monkey. Monday, 5 July 2010. One special climbing trip - Part 2. The next stop on our wee tour was Achmelvich and one of the most exciting routes in Scotland (I reckon). The weather was rotten first thing in the morning and we sat around thinking we'd just go have a look. The more we sat around, the better the weather got. "Shall we just go do it? Yeah, might as well. If it's wet when we get there we can always come back tomorrow." So we went. Hannah by the Stoer Lighthouse.
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