Kosh-agachsky district — Clay Conlon on a new route in the South Chuysky range, Altai Mountains, Siberia, Russia. Myself and three others were in this valley for two weeks with the aim of making a number of first British / ‘Western’ ascents of the mountains, ranging between 3500m and 3900+m. It’s an area flanked by China to the South, Mongolia to the East and Kazakhstan to the West and one of the furthest points on eart...
Fontainebleau — Take five hours of driving into the unknown; add sleeping in an over-heated wardrobe under the roof; as well as mosquitos, a crazy host, and early birds waking you up; further more a boring one hou...
Rumney — We are staying at D’AcresFarm in Dorchester NH only about a 10 minute drive from the crag. This farm is also a hostel for climbers and other people. We picked a good time to stay here because it is ri...
Mount lemmon — You ask, Where is home? I tell you, I have traveled and uprooted the comforts of place and food, left the casual confines of cohabitation and of marital security, disabused my body of habits of though...
Climbing trip to Rumney New Hampshire. My climbing partner Alessandro and I are up here for the first time.
Bleeding toes and twisted ankles--the ingredients for a jolly good weekend.
Hotel F1 Nemours. Hangout of the work-away tradesmen, white vans lining the car park. Fantastic showers and pasta pots in the microwave.
Oh, alien home of my quiet breath; familiar still, all our quiet passings.
New Routing In Southern Siberia