Mountaineering Locations

Being young and stupid I had the bright idea during the summer of 2007 that I would walk across the Pyrenees, the mountain range that separates France and Spain, from the town of Gavarnie in France to Huesca in Spain. Since all my friends are either unwilling to spend their money on adventure or unadventurous in the first place, I thought I would go alone. Having done a bit of mountaineering here and there, I figured that not a lot could go wrong. After much poring over maps I chose my route, and took the train to the surprisingly awful town of Lourdes - as close to the mountains as the train could go. Famed for its holy springs, the town has become a vast ...  Read the complete review

I’ve been holidaying in Wales for most of my life now, and it is has always been something that I wanted to do – climb Mount Snowdon. Now, the more experienced climber might refer to Snowdon as nothing more than a large hill, but let me tell you, to a relative beginner like myself, it as definitely a mountain, and a great blinking big one at that! For those of you that don’t know, Snowdon (or “Yr Wyddfa”, as the Welsh call it, which means “the great mound, or tomb”) is the largest mountain in England and Wales, standing at 3561 feet (or 1085 metres). It is set in the heart of Snowdonia National Park in North ...  Read the complete review

I’ve been holidaying in Wales for most of my life now, and it is has always been something that I wanted to do – climb Mount Snowdon. Now, the more experienced climber might refer to Snowdon as nothing more than a large hill, but let me tell you, to a relative beginner like myself, it as definitely a mountain, and a great blinking big one at that! For those of you that don’t know, Snowdon (or “Yr Wyddfa”, as the Welsh call it, which means “the great mound, or tomb”) is the largest mountain in England and Wales, standing at 3561 feet (or 1085 metres). It is set in the heart of Snowdonia National Park in North ...  Read the complete review