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Photos of the moon
The 21st January was a ‘super’ and blood’ moon, I went outside where it was −33 °C to take a few photos.
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Pyrénées trips: Pique Rouge de Bassiès
On my second trip to the Pyrénées from Toulouse, I walked up Pique Rouge de Bassiès (2676 m). The peak is located nearby to Cascade d’Ars where I walked on my previously trip and is in fact at the head of an adjacent valley.
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Sólheimasandur Plane crash and Dyrhólaey
On the Icelandic South coast the Sólheimasandur plane crash and Dyrhólaey are two popular places to visits, in June I made a day trip to see them.
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Pyrénées trips: Cascade d’Ars
Whilst living in Toulouse, I went on three walking trips to the Pyrénées, specifically Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises. The first trip was a day trip to Cascade d’Ars, which is near Aulus Les Bains.
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Hrútsfjallstindar
At the end of September, after hoping to do so for several months, I summited Hrútsfjallstindar, one of the tallest mountains in Iceland at 1875 m.
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Fimmvörðuháls trail between Skógar and Thórsmörk
In July I was able to walk the Fimmvörðuháls trail between Skógar and Thórsmörk. Fimmvörðuháls is an 1,100 m high mountain pass between the glaciers of Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull, with a popular trail leading from Skógar to Básar.
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Norway: Summer 2015
This September, I went with University of Nottingham Mountaineering on their much anticipated expedition to Norway. Returning to the same location as last year with the aim of cleaning up the debris of a 1950’s glacier survey camp, we had a twelve person team which included two members of the 1959 glacier survey expedition.
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Norway: Summer 2014
In May 2014 the Nottingham University mountaineering club received an email from John, an alumnus member, setting us a very interesting challenge based on a “unique and slightly odd opportunity”.