Enduro MTB Until we were a good bit of the way through a bottle of wine that night, we hadn’t even heard of Madeira. Then a quick google search – “Okay google, where can I mountain bike in Europe in the winter?” and this video popped up: About 15 minutes later, the plane tickets were confirmed and the room booked. […]
Scotland was one of those places we were interested in visiting, but was by no means at the top of the list. Learning about fell running changed that. “For those in the US not familiar with the uniquely British activity known as fell running, then you should be thinking steep rugged hills on low lying terrain, likelihood of crap weather and nasty […]
Late September, we spent two weeks based out of Harrogate in Yorkshire–located essentially smack dab in the middle of the UK. That point right where the rolling hills of southern UK turn a bit more serious, hinting at the rugged, mountainous landscape of Scotland further north. In the interest of seeing as much as possible on two pedals, we rented […]
Mountain bike tour on the Grand Randonee 5 from Genk, BE to Ettelbruck, LU. Day 4 – Single Trail and Hike-a-bike That hotel in Cornelyshaff had some of the greatest food I’d ever had. Both breakfast and dinner were phenomenal. Probably partially due to how hungry Rose and I were, but also all the food they served was locally grown/made.After […]
Mountain bike tour on the GR5 from Genk, BE to Ettelbruck, LU. Day 3 – Rose in a cloud The next day started off in a typical bleak, gray, Central-European fashion in Stavelot. I noticed one of the cuts in my right hand had become infected. Probably all the romping around in the swamp I did the previous day. The […]
Mountain bike tour on the Grand Randonee 5 from Genk, BE to Ettelbruck, LU. The GR-5 The Grand Randonee 5 (GR-5 or alternately Europe 2 route) is a 1500 mile hiking trail that starts on a beach along the North Sea in The Netherlands and winds its way through mountains and forests (and hundreds of cool small towns) to the […]
This is the fourth and final installment of our June-July Chamonix 2015 trip. Go here to start from the beginning. This installment is shaping up to be a good one! Don’t worry, though, you wont have to go long without a trip report from me – Rose and I are heading back to Chamonix for another week in August with […]
This is the third part of a trip report. Go here to start from the beginning. Things Done L’etagne – Friday 7/3 We were beat! After a week of climbing we wanted to take a 0 day. But this is hard to do in Chamonix with so much to do and a bout of great weather, so we settled for a […]
For the second part of this trip to Chamonix, we capitalize on what we learned from the first few days and then add in some simple ice axe/crampon usage and have a great next few days of the trip! Tuesday 6/30 I wanted to get Rose a guide for a day so that someone with experience could introduce her to […]
What Is Chamonix? Don’t expect to come to Chamonix and be the cool climber guy/irl. Sure, you’ll be the object of amusement for plenty of tourist gawkers amazed that you just climbed ‘that’, but if you catch the first lift up the Aiguille du Midi in the morning, you’ll see that Alpinism is the norm here. “Did he just say lift? I […]