Toubkal Jan 2011

Jebel Toubkal

I'm now in Marrakech putting the final bits in place organising the porters and mules for our trek in the High Atlas starting on the 3rd Jan.

Some of the group have arrived and are enjoying the buzz around Marrakech, with the rest of the group arriving on the 3rd Jan.

The weather is looking good with freeze thaw conditions and clear skies, the snow level is at 2900mts so our trek into the refuge should be alot easier to get all our kit into our base.

Fingers crossed we should knock off a couple of 4000mt summits this week.

Happy Christmas, Bring On 2011

It's been a bit of a chilli December, We ran a Gorge Walking trip during the cold period, Everyone had more layers than an onion, we managed to keep nice and warm with an adrenaline pumping two hour gorge session everyone managed to do the massive 8m jump and finished off with a few beers.

Were now busy packing all our kit for our Winter Toubkal season and it's promising to be a corker with plenty of snow in the High Atlas, January is now fully booked and we have a few remaining places for our February Trips.

2011 is looking good for our Welsh 15 Peaks trips, it's the best and only way to see the best of Snowdonia, spread over 3 days we climb all the 3000er's.

Right I best go and continue packing as I fly out to Morocco on 1st Jan the perfect way to see in the New Year.

Hope you had a great Christmas and santa bought you all you asked for, See you on the hill in 2011.

All The Best The Adventurous Ewe Team.

Morocco

I've just returned from a desert trip in Morocco, it's a magical place the Sahara with breath taking sunet & sunrises and the landscape changes so much.

We started our trek from the small village of Mhamid and then trekked into the Sahara with our trusty camels in tow. We trekkked as far south as possible in Morocco which bought us very close to the Algerian border, the sand dunes in this area are just incredible, we just had to climb them for sunrise, it took us about 45mins to top out on our Everest of sand dunes where we had hot tea and breakfast.

We left the Sahara after 6 Days trekking, it's was a bit of a shock going from the peace and quiet of the Sahara then jumping on the Tube through london, I know where I would rather be.

I'm now out in Costa Rica for a jungle trek so it's going to be a very wet week a million miles away from the Sahara.

Check out our new Gorge Scrambling Video.

Gorge Walking

Kili season comes to an end.

Jambo

Well what a season it's been on Kili, the short rain are just about here and we had our first covering of snow on the mountain last week.

They've been an incredible 3 trips with an average 90% of the groups summiting which is a huge success.
I now have a few weeks to catch up on the boring office work before heading back to Morocco.
Our Winter Toubkal trips are a popular hit this year and there filling up fast.

Toubkal offers the only winter mountaineering in the African continent with stunning views over the Sahara Desert from the summit, plus the very warm hearted Berber people of the High Atlas it's going to be a great winter.

Stu is busy with our Gorge Walking program even if winter is upon us.
Make sure you check it out next spring/summer, saying that we even have bookings in December.

In the mean time i'm going to continue enjoying the warm weather in Tanzania.

Have Fun

Jimbo

Kilimanjaro & Mt Toubkal

Kili Time

I'm currently in Tanzania preparing for my second Kilimanjaro climb in 3 weeks, then I have another 2 climbs before the end of October, Stu will also be joining me on the second climb, it will be his first ascent on Kili and he's very excitied.

All our climbs are on the Machame Route which can be done over 6 or 7 days.

The only thing I would say is Kilimanjaro is getting very busy these days i've never seen so many people on the Mountain.

I've spent the last week with friends helping out on a project building a free medical centre and orphange mainly for the local Massai but it's free to anyone who comes, The kids in the Orphanage are amazing there's a family of 4 children here at the momment who lost there parents to HIV but they seem so upbeat it's very sad to hear but great to see them so happy and being looked after so well, We will be running an event next summer to raise money for the charity so I will keep you posted.

Toubkal

Our winter Toubkal climbs are looking very busy this year with our January date now having a double departure.

Climbing Toubkal in the winter is a great mountaineering experience with very few people on the mountain, you don't need to be a roughty toughty mountaineer to climb during the winter months just warm clothes and a great sense of Adventure.

So keep that Adventurous spirit alive and see you on the mountian.