We Want Snow

2012 has so far been a whole lotta fun and may it continue.
Our fist Toubkal climb of 2012 was a blast in many ways, we got blasted off the summit ridge with high winds and then burn to a crisp when the sun showed its face. We still managed to celebrate Keiths birthday with another awesome Tagine cooked by our super dooper Moroccan crew.
Our last trip saw all 14 clients summit and the result was Imlil seeing it's first small mountain of empty beer cans, once we all made it back to our guest house for cold beers on the balcony admiring the summit of Toubkal and a job well done.
Im back up Toubkal in two days with an all female team which should be fun and I hope we can show all the macho french climbers how its done.

Winter Toubkal

I'm currently sat in Tanzania after what as an epic Kilimanjaro climb, Ive never seen so much snow on the summit, although it's great to be out here in Tanzania over the Christmas and New Year period I can't but help get excited about the New Year, with 2012 is nearly upon us, which means our Winter Toubkal Treks are about to kick off, There's already plenty of snow in the High Atlas so it's promising to be another awesome winter in Morocco, if your looking for a cheap winter getaway with sun and snow and experience the buzz of Marrakech, I would certainly looking to heading to Morooco.

We will based in Marrakech for the first half of 2012, running trips into the High Atlas and the Sahara, we hope to be adding some great cycling trips to the calender for 2012 so watch this space.

As I've said before I would like to thank everyone who's been part of Adventurous Ewe in 2011 and I hope to see you all again in 2012.

Have a great Christams and New Year,
Don't forget to ask Santa for those Crampons and Ice Axe.
Hope to see you out in Morocco.

Jim

2012 & Beyond

Hello one and all

It's been so manic around here lately, which is why I've had no time to update our blog.

Firstly we would like to thank everyone for supporting Adventurous Ewe, its been an incredible year so far.

We've had trips going out to Morocco every month since July and the feedback has been incredible, our 3 peaks challenges have been a blast and there's been a huge amount of money raised for various charities along the way.

Winter Toubkal trips are looking popular and we have confirmed dates for January and February.

Thanks and see you out and about.

Jim

Toubkal Summer Trek

I've not had much time of late to update the blog. We've been really busy with our National 3 Peaks Challenge and our Summer Toubkal Treks.
May bank holiday bought an exciting Toubkal trek, what was meant to be a summer trek turned out more like a winter ascent.

Day 1 we encountered strong winds which made the day tough going, then just before arriving at camp we had the unexpected challenge of crossing a swollen river due to heavy snow fall only a week earlier, with the rivers so high we had to wait until morning to find out if we could continue with our route over Tizi n Taddate pass.Thankfully by morning water levels had dropped and we were able to continue with our chosen route, today also had it own difficulties with crampons required in order for safe passage over Tizi n Taddate pass, once over the pass we only had two more small river crossings to make before arriving at camp so some well earned mint tea and cake, overnight conditions worsened with high winds which the High Atlas are notorious. We woke early praying for good weather and all was looking good.

After a good breakfast we made for Toubkal summit again in crampons, which is not normal weather conditions for May, we slowly made our way up the South Cwm nearing the summit ridge fighting strong winds which at time's blew us off our feet, we managed to reach 3900mt and then decided to return to camp and leave the summit for another day.After a good lunch it was time to load up the donkey's and make our back down to Imlil for a hot shower and a well earned breakfast.
The following two days were spent exploring the souks of Marrakech and enjoying Moroccan cuisine.
I'm now counting the days until we return to Morocco in September.

London - Paris

Words can't explain this trip.
What a start line and even more impressive finish line and an incredible group.
Adventurous Ewe & The U Foundation have just completed the London to Paris in Style.
Amazing weather conditions, delicious food, good cold beer and then there was our route stopping off in Local village halls for lunch amazing and evening meals, I would say the best route into Paris from London by far and that was just the hospitality.

All the Adventurous Ewe Crew worked flat out to make it such a great trip.

Can't wait for next year.

Summer 2011

The Summer season is nearly upon us and it's looking very busy with lots of teams signing up for our National Three Peaks Challenge, All teams will be hoping to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell & Snowdon in 24hrs which is tough challenge but great fun and a fantastic way to raise money for your favourite charity. Our first Three Peaks kicks of on 3rd June.

Snowdonia is popular as ever a great weekend getaway for an endless number of activities from exploring the quieter corners of Snowdonia to adrenaline pumping white water rafting.

If your looking for a tough challenge our Welsh 15 Peaks 24hr Challenge is the challenge this little know challenge is alot tougher than the National Three Peaks Challenge.

Don't forget to check out our Gorge Walking trips based in the awesome Brecon Beacons Nat Pk, It's a day out you won't forget in a hurry.

Toubkal and the Moroccan High Atlas continues to provide an excellent high altitude trek a fantastic cultural experience passing there local berber villages.

Were also running a number of charity and bespoke challenges through out the year.

So there it is our program for 2011 plenty to go at some heart pumping and challenging trips to wet your appetite for the coming summer.

Have fun and hope to see you soon.

Under Starters Orders

Adventurous Ewe set off this morning providing support for Katie Whyte as starts her 7 Marathons in 7 Days on 7 Islands. last report was they have just arrived in Scotland and will start the first run tomorrow morning. You can follow how Katie is getting on facebook. http://http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/followkatie