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Photos: Fell running spring 2010

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:11:39 +0100

1st at Carneddau and 3rd at Jura.

News: Up and down

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:35:05 +0100

This summer I made the decision to do pretty much no climbing, and as much mountain running as I ...

News: Tying up loose ends

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:59:50 +0100

Over the past two years I've completed an MSc course at the Centre for Alternative Technology nea...

News: Turning into a runner again, but keeping options open

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:48:53 +0100

Circumstances (Patagonia expedition, finishing a thesis, being ill, being in the alps skiing for ...

Photos: Pierramenta 2010

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:03:37 +0000

My first Pierramenta, the classic 4 day ski mountaineering race in Areches-Beaufort, France.

News: Pierramenta 2010 - good things come to those who wait

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:44:36 +0000

Up until last week's Pierramenta, of the 7 ski mountaineering races I'd done, only one had been o...

Photos: Ski mountaineering World Championships 2010

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:46:33 +0000

World ski-mountaineering championships, Canillo, Andorra

News: World Ski Mountaineering Championships

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:04:39 +0000

Just back in Chamonix after a five day trip to Andorra for the World Ski Mountaineering Champions...

News: Ski racing

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:46:16 +0000

Been out in the alps a week now, and managed to squeeze in a couple of races, the tour du grand v...

News: In the absence of snow

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:09:16 +0000

I'm starting to get very psyched for this season's ski-mountaineering races. The reasons for thi...

News: A game of two halves

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:36:19 +0000

When you go on expedition to climb new routes in a little-visited area, you do so with an accepta...

Photos: Patagonia Sep/Oct 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:11 +0000

Expedition to Cerro San Lorenzo, followed by a trek round the Fitzroy massif.

News: A change of focus

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:54:58 +0100

I�ve spent most of the summer focussing on my running, a decision I�m pretty pleased with as it h...

News: Le Tour du Glandasse

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:11:49 +0100

I've been visiting my french exchange from when I was 14 for the last few days, for a wedding ann...

Photos: Le Tour du Glandasse

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:09:42 +0100

Some photos taken the day before running a route I've dubbed "Le Tour du Glandasse", near Die, in...

Photos: Vent du Dragon

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:07:21 +0100

A nice little mixed route on the north side of the Cosmiques arete, climbed with Toby Johnson.

Article: Meeting the Godfather

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:57:00 +0100

Article published on UK climbing about an attempt to repeat "The Godfather" (VIII, 8) on Beinn Bh...

Photos: Skinny race ski practice

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:49:13 +0000

Touring and off piste skiing with Bobby Gilbert on my skinny race skis, March 2009.

Photos: Winter Ramsay attempt

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:41:31 +0000

Attempt on a winter Ramsey round on skis. Ended around hour 8 in very bad weather. Got as far a...

Article: Island Dreams

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:26:29 +0000

First published in Fellrunner magazine, autumn 2008. This article can be found in a PDF

Article: Passing the baton

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:13:46 +0100

I think back over my development as a climber and wonder how I came to be ...

Article: Running In Heaven

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:26:22 +0100

Article by Colin Wells about my Cuillin ridge run, originally published in the Sunday Herald. ...

Article: The longest winter route ever

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:37:53 +0100

An account of a christmas spent in Chamonix early in my climbing career. Unpublished. "You try t...

Article: Eco climbing

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:50:00 +0100

Previously published in Climb magazine, August 2006. My knowledge has moved on a lot since I wro...

Article: The Teacher

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:36:18 +0100

I wrote this article after spending the summer of 2004 in Kyrgyzstan. It marked a return for me ...

Photos: Chamonix autumn

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:11:06 +0100

Contamine route and the Colton MacIntyre, September 2008

Photos: Snowdonia multisport weekend

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:43:08 +0100

Jon Morgan and I had an exhausting weekend in Snowdonia, running the welsh 3000s on the Saturday,...