A beautiful summit day on tthe 'Aiguille du Plan'!
Midi-Plan traverse. The Midi-Plan Traverse is a fairly long and involved route, with much belayed climbing, both on rock, snow and ice...
Aiguille de Chardonnet-Arete Forbes route.
The Aiguille du Chardonnet, 3824m/12,545ft, is a classically beautiful mountain and we made the traverse, from East to West along the...
Aiguille de Bionnassay
The Auiguille de Bionnassay is a great ice and snow route, involving a mix of both rock and ice climbing. The approach was via the...
Climbing the pretty 'Aiguille L'Index'. Chamonix!
Today we headed up to the pretty 'Aiguille L'Index' to train, high above Chamonix. For most of the day we climbed in the cloud, until we...
Climbing beautiful ridges. 'Aiguille Crochues'.
Another great training day along the ridges of the 'Aiguille Crochues'! It seems to be a common theme this month of bad weather in...
Training on the 'Petite Aiguille Verte'.
Today was a phenomenal training day, on the Petite Aiguille Verte, in Chamonix! After chasing the weather all morning (yet again!), we...
Second ascent of the Mont Blanc this season, for MK!!!
It was just another beautiful day, on the summit of the Mont Blanc!!! It was my second ascent this season and even though we ascended the...
Gran Paradiso Summit! MK in Italy!
Where do you climb when it's raining in Chamonix? You go to Italy of course! After days of rain in Cham and waiting for the weather to...
Mary Kay goes to the top of the Matterhorn, Switzerland!
On June 26th at 11.30am, Grisha and I stood on top of the beautiful Matterhorn, in Zermatt, Switzerland! 4478m/14,692ft. The Matterhorn...
Mary Kay flag on the Mont Blanc Summit!
June 15th, 8.30am. Together with my good friend and guide Grisha, we stood atop the highest mountain in Western Europe, the 'Mont Blanc'...
