Archive for February 15th, 2009
Conquering Coniston Water’s Fells
After hiking our way up above Coniston Water in the Lake District, Andy climbed up onto a massive boulder to gain an advantage point.
Despite the ominous looking clouds seen here, it was a scorchingly hot and humid August day. The sunlight was dancing across the surrounding fells as it broke through the clouds.
The full Coniston crew..
Guy, Mike, Me & Andy (L to R)
The views we were rewarded with
Shots taken 2nd August 2008
High Five
Blue’s paws are pretty big. Looks like he’s got some growing to do. He is just over 4.5 Kgs now, I reckon he’ll be 10-12Kgs when fully grown. We shall wait and see.
His claws are still extremely sharp, they can go through skin pretty easily when he’s playing. As of next week, he can be taken out for walks, which should wear them down significantly.
Shot taken 14th February 2009
Top of Cassons, Flims / Switzerland
Spider & G at the top of the Cassons cable car, Flims, Switzerland.
The Cassons cable car isn’t particularly big, or popular, as there is a breathless steep 200m plus hike to the top of the ridge.
We stopped for a breather at the top to take in the spectacular view. At 2675m it’s not particularly high, but the way the mountains form there, it seemed like the highest I’d ever been. It was a perfect bluebird day with little wind. We were the only people there, which made it even more spellbinding.
It’s pretty remote and usually windswept, you can see the ridge itself is devoid of snow and strewn with loose rocks. There was a sign informing the few that made it up there about the local mountain goats that live in that area. We didn’t see any.
Someone, who shall remain nameless, had a slash over the side of the ridge. When I pointed out that was probably the highest open air slash he’d done, I was proudly told that I was wrong and that an open air wazzing incident had been had at something like 10,000 feet in Tibet!
This is me enduring the hike up to the ridge.
The only way down is off piste. It looked like fresh deep powder, but it had a sun melted re-frozen crust on the top, so the going was tough. It was so hot, there was an issue with steamed up goggles if you stopped. It was a bit of a thigh burner, but well worth the excursion.
Shots taken 29th December 2007
Rufdog. 