Ferpecle glacier
Ice climbing practice on the Ferpecle glacier
Vignettes hut
Petit Mont Collon
Valais Alps
On route up the Pigne d'Arolla. Vignettes hut in background
Hard graft in fresh snow
Glacier d'Otemma
Still on route up Pigne
A balmy -11ºC
Fraoch, Leggy, Dave and me on summit of Pigne
Dave and Chris on Pigne summit
Diamonds in the sky. Leggy.
Winding a way through the crevasses. Descending Pigne towards Dix hut
Dave, Chris, Fraoch. Descending Pigne towards Dix hut
N face of Pigne d'Arolla
Mont Blanc de Cheilon N face
Col de la Serpentine from Dix hut
Route up to Col de la Serpentine from Dix hut
Moirey hut and glacier
Moirey hut and glacier
Village idiot (me)
Mont Collon
Aguille de la Tsa west face
Arolla. Hotel Mont Collon and Pigne d'Arolla
Chamoix
Dawn whilst heading up Alallinhorn
Dawn on Alallinhorn summit and rock step. ENE (Hohlaubgrat) ridge
Steve just coming up to top of rock step on Alallinhorn ENE ridge
Steve and Leggy on top of rock step
Matterhorn and dent Blanche from Alallinhorn summit
Steve and Leggy on Alallinhorn summit
Me on Alallinhorn summit
Me on Alallinhorn summit
On NE face of Alallinhorn
Alphubel east face
Mont Blanc de Cheilon, Cheilon glacier, col de Cheilon and Dix hut (lower right) from Pas de Chevres
Fixed ladders on Pas de Chevres
Leggy and Mark at Dix hut
Cheilon N face
Another early morning flog up a glacier. Glacier de Cheilon, heading towards col de Cheilon
Climbing on to the Cheilon NW ridge