dkfriendly

I have made the jump from being a competent hillwalker to a novice Alpinist and I love it. The sense of achievenment, ernergy and purpose you get floats all my boats and roots me for many other areas of my life. My first peaks were in Chamonix then Arolla and Saas Fee. As my skills improve I want to keep pushing myself and completing more technically demanding routes, but think I would still like to stay away from Mt Blanc, which appears to attract pleny of tourists being dragged up by guides.