Well it’s been a while in the writing but I’ve finally managed to get around writing the story of our trip to Chamonix. The weekend started less than auspiciously with damp, inclement weather gathering overhead. We packed like there was no tomorrow to enable us to shut up shop at 12 to give us [...]

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The Black Diamond hats are in, as modelled by our lovely warehouse team and courtesy of a rather blurry iPhone camera!

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This gave me the utter chills watching this, so goddamn scary. The guy involved is lucky to be alive and is probably thanking his lucky stars that he was with such experienced skiers / guides.

Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska from Chappy on Vimeo.

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I mentioned a couple of posts ago that we had been on a Webtogs jolly out to the Alps, where everyone thats the warehouse team, techies& gear freaks had a go at traversing the Valee Blanche. I’ve been slack at writing a post (it is coming, honest!) but one thing I did manage to get [...]

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It’s been a fantastic couple of weekends out and about recently. Most of Webtogs have just returned from a trip to the Alps to traverse the Vallee Blanche – more about that at a later date with the photos. The weekend before last though saw my old walking Gang come down from London. I can [...]

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I spent the last weekend at a fantastic boutique festival in Wales called Croissant Neuf. Taking place just outside Usk, Monmouthshire, it has been going for around 30 years and has a distinct hippie vibe to it, reminiscent of the Woodstock-era.
The entire event was solar powered (from the lighting and amps to the showers), had [...]

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