Ian’s 2009 Charity Challenge
Climbing high and running a long long way for The Stroke Association
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Mont Blanc – Quick Update
In: Mountains
12 Aug 2009A really quick post before the full report…
On the 4th August 2009 at 8:15am local time (9:15am GMT), I stood on the summit of Mont Blanc (4810m, the highest peak in Western Europe), after over 7hrs of ascent in “serious” conditions. It was one tough day but the feeling getting to the top was incredible [...]
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Mount Toubkal Climb
In: Mountains
25 Mar 2009On the 11th of March at just after 1pm I completed one of the big challenges of the year by summiting Mount Toubkal, which at 4167m is the highest peak in North Africa and third highest in all of Africa. However, deep snow, poor visibility and other factors made sure this really was a tough [...]
Snowdonia Mountaineering & Ice Climbing
10 Feb 2009So I’m back from the all important preparation course on basic mountaineering technique that’ll keep me safe up high on Mount Toubkal and Mont Blanc later in the year. The course was with 4 other budding winter walkers in Snowdonia.
I was pretty worried before going that all the snow we’d had was actually going to [...]
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Updates on my 2009 activities running a long way and climbing high to raise money/awareness for The Stroke Association.
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- Jalal: Hi Ian I have decide to do the Toubkal on the 26th October , i am doing a 4 days trek. i may hav [...]
- Nimble Runner: Well done Ian, what a great first half of 2009. Was nice to meet you on Twitter and to (almost) ru [...]
- amy: Congratulations on your race! Sometimes enjoying the race is the piece we miss the most in our runn [...]
- Angela Higgins: Ah well done Ian. Fantastic effort. Good wee posting too :D The moral of the story... don't go c [...]
- Ian: Hi Jalal, The climb in winter was non technical and is possible even with minimal experience walk [...]