Es-On-Ice.co.uk Updates

News: Inaugural GB ski mountaineering championships

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:20:45 +0000

March 31st, 2012. Chamonix For the first time ever, 2012 will see a British Championships for...

News: Snatched opportunities

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:41:14 +0000

I�ve been rushed off my feet since my last post with family Christmas madness. We decided to go ...

Photos: Parenthood

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:37:16 +0000

News: Six weeks in

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:56:39 +0000

The six weeks since Aaron was born have been pretty amazing. Before the birth I was assailed...

News: A good excuse for not blogging

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:27:36 +0100

I've not written anything since the Tre-Rifugi race at the end of August. Life has got very busy...

News: Stafetta tre rifugi

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:47:44 +0100

The race I didn�t want to totally ruin myself by completing Sierre-Zinal while feeling awful was ...

News: Training more but getting worse: Sierre-Zinal

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:42:15 +0100

Since the early season success at Jura I�ve been training hard and focussing on a few key races. ...

Photos: Sierre-Zinal and Tre Rifugi

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:31:33 +0100

Disastrous trip to Switzerland for the Sierre-Zinal race, slightly more successful trip to Italy ...

News: Jura on the telly

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:38:16 +0100

This year's Jura fell race will be featuring on the Adventure Show next Tuesday, 9th of August, B...

News: Pregnancy brain and Premana training weekend

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:10:48 +0100

I'm currently 6 months down the line of a whole new adventure - fatherhood. Near the beginning, ...

Photos: Premana training weekend

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:47:14 +0100

Managed to turn up a week early for the Giir di Mont race, so had an impromptu weekend of walking...

News: Lakeland lessons

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:28:04 +0100

The 21-mile Wasdale fell race was one of my main targets for the summer, the race I've been geari...

Photos: More Jura race photos

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:15:44 +0100

Thanks for these photos from photographer Konrad Borkowski. His website has some fantastic land...

Photos: Jura and Knoydart spring 2011

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:07:05 +0100

Lovely two week trip to Jura and Knoydart, May/June 2011.

News: Island ambitions

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:01:00 +0100

If there was one race I really wanted to win this summer it was Saturday's Jura fell race. Las...

Photos: Rainkopfraid 2011

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:52:36 +0000

The Rainkopfraid ski mountaineering race, in the Vosges mountains in France, 30 January 2011. De...

Photos: Ski mountaineering - start of season

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:27:21 +0000

December training, sprint race in Pelvoux

Photos: Welsh 3000s record attempt 3rd September

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:36:30 +0100

Too hot and not fit enough. Still, a fine day to be in the hills! 5 hours 22 minutes.

Photos: Fell running spring 2010

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

1st at Carneddau and 3rd at Jura.

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.

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...

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 ...