Adventures at Home

Our last big adventure of the year has been returning to New Zealand and settling back in. But it has involved a few good days of climbing as well as emails and paperwork. We flew into Wellington in late September, and I was straight over to Nelson for a catch up with family and friends…

The Amalfi Coast

Our last stop was the Amalfi Coast, Italy for Lucas and Pollys wedding. The fireworks at the end of this crazy world tour. We hired a car from Naples airport and spent the first couple of days staying in Sorrento - just north of the Amalfi coast. It was a fabulous place to relax. The…

Envers Hut

The highlight of our trip to Chamonix was the couple of days that we spent at Envers hut. I had never stayed at a European hut before, so it was a new and luxurious experience to be able to bring just our equipment, climb all day, and then sit down to a delicious three course…

Chamonix

After a lot more driving, some bussing, and then some more driving we finally arrived in Chamonix with our friends Munan and Kedron. I was super excited to be in France for the first time - I had learnt French at school since I was about 10 after all. And maybe more importantly I was…

Time for Trad Cragging

Bohuslän in Sweden was a place we had never heard of, and we thought just a convenient place to break the long drive back to Germany. Actually it turns out it is granite trad cragging heaven. We should have spent way longer hanging out here! We stayed with the most lovely couple - we found…

Stetind

Stetind is Norway's national mountain. Not because it is the highest, or the most massive, or the most anything really. It was declared the national mountain by popular vote – and as far as I can tell it is the national mountain because it is the most impressive and picturesque mountain. There are some fantastic…

Rainy days in Lofoten

Back near Henningsvær we were treated to two days of good weather, and we grabbed the chance to get on some harder trad routes. Pan and Vårkåt are both fantastic 4 pitch climbs which go at Norwegian 7- and 7 respectively. They are just around the coast from Henningsvær. I somehow became braver and led a pitch of N7,…

Lofoten – The West

Following our day up Presten the weather deteriorated significantly. The heat wave was over too, which in some ways was a relief, but also meant swimming in the sea was no longer so appealing. We decided to head west as there is some sport climbing that stays dry in the rain, and because we wanted…

First days in Lofoten

As soon as we arrived in Henningsvær we went straight to buy a guide book, sat down and read it as quickly as we could, and then went to jump on some routes. It was completely crazy when we first arrived, there were tents everywhere - just everywhere. On any flat piece of ground or…

Hell & Flatanger

Hell in Norwegian is a completely different word than that with the same spelling in English. It was translated for me as 'bright', and putting it through google translate and the like it comes out as 'successful', 'happiness' and 'luck'. In any case, Hell near Trondheim is a lovely place, and the local crag. After…