Photos by gritstoner

here is the approach to froggatt edge, as it was this saturday. climbing was still done, but some of the top outs were interesting.

view we had one evening with dinner. giving a nice shot of the midi and of the summit of mont blanc. unfortunatly it was the best view we got of it. the weather didnt hold long enough to get to the top.

oli on an unknown problem at bas cuvier. its near the clearing with helicopter and carcutary (sp). one of those classic 5's. easy if you can, desperat if you carnt.

for stave's mighty comeback, we ended up in font for 10 days. here he is on the classic le statique (sp). october in the forest, you carnt beat it

this was taken after topping out on our (jim in yellow, me in the red) first grade 4. in typically unscotish weather. especially for over the new year period.

after a quick raid into switzerland, we came back to cham. this was the view from the campsite on one of the evenings. taken with a 300mm lense on a minolta slr

dont know what i was thinking, or what the photographer was thinking either for that matter. oh well. this is the top of the second pitch intypical lakes weather. theres a reason the area is called the lakes!!!!

driving along the top of the ardeche gorge after a massive thunder storm. turned a corner to find this.

stave looking for the next peice of gear on yong. a classic HVD crack line running up the corner. taken by me on a kodak digital camera

jim leading the 2nd pitch of goat track gully in corie an t' sneachta. the ice was in good condition for this climb. this section is the crux of the climb.

the crux is ahnging the small side pull long enough to move up your feet, so you can get the top. is soft touch for f7a. photo taken of paul harris, by ben myers on a kodac digital.

this is me nearing the top of ratbag. the next few moves to the top are the crux of the climb. moving from the pocket to the top. unfortunatly i fell off here and broke my ankle. photo taken by rob gledhill on a digital camera.