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Simon Verspeak30 December 2023
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Round up: Best of 2022

Simon Verspeak1 January 2023
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LEADERS IN THE MOUNTAINS Some of my favourite and most challenging work of the year is training and assessing Mountain Leaders. I firmly believe @mtntraining has got it so right with this qualification. The standard is high, it's well respected and
GLORIOUS ADVENTURING Another one off the bucket list in Scotland again! Despite the majority of my work and play being in the mountains, I've always been a multi activity outdoor person. I absolutely love journeying and this was another one we'd bee
TURNING 40... A few weeks ago I celebrated 4 decades round the sun. I was a bit indifferent about it all to be honest but my partner Becky persuaded me it was really worth doing something... I've always been fascinated with journeying; the craft o
SNATCHED MOMENTS... We've just been on a brief holiday to one of our favourite places, Pembrokeshire. We stay in the same cottage at least once a year. We love exploring the local area and revisiting now familiar haunts. We find time to run along th
SUMMER?? I've been working steadily away the last few weeks delivering various climbing and mountaineering days. The weather has been alternating between good and stormy but we've dodged the worse despite having to wear lots of layers of clothing at
EVENINGS... Summer evenings are the best part of North Wales life. While it hasn't been hot and often rainy, the good bits have outweighed the bad. I've been incredibly rubbish lately at taking photos but I've definitely been enjoying the social sce
Extremely proud of my Dad Martin cycling over 500 miles for @epilepsy.inst from West Wales to Central France. I was pleased to join Dad and his mate Richard (who also cycled the whole thing) for day one over the Cambrian Mountains. This was all part
LIKE NOWHERE ELSE... The Cuillin mountains have a particularly big impact on British mountaineering, put simply there's nowhere else like them! This means the hills have a strong draw to the climbing community and a ridge traverse is well regarded.
SPRING TIME - rock climbing time It often feels incredibly clunky swapping from ice axe and crampons to rock shoes and fingers in the spring. I've been enjoying the swap despite the general chilly temps. As ever with this transition, it's important
HOLIDAYS... Rest and recuperation is really important. As is finding time to do what you like doing but not being under pressure to perform or summit. We've just had a brilliant week in the Lyngen Alps and Tromsø area of Northern Norway, skii
MARCH - IS IT SPRING YET? March is usually the jewel in winters crown; the hills are plastered in snow and ice, the storm cycles have passed and it's warm in the valley (but frozen up the hill) from the endless sunshine. It wasn't quite like that bu
FEBRUARY - THE DEPTHS OF WINTER Scotland really delivered in terms of conditions this year despite the generally lean trend. I managed days on both east and west. I delivered mountaineering courses and climbing courses as well as getting 8 consecuti
THERE AND BACK AGAIN - January People are who make days out fun! 1. Running in the Peak district on New Years day with @roam.mtns and Nella 2. Cold grit climbing with @roam.mtns and @gileshartley 3. @lake_district_mountaineering enjoying Sneachda
CONFLICTING MEMORIES... Throw back to this day 3 years ago... In the midst of a hard winter lockdown we had an awesome amount of snow fall on the welsh mountains in Eryri. This lead to some of the best ski conditions I'd ever seen here but with stri
THE BOOKENDS OF NOVEMBER A real month of contrasts. It was sunny to start and wintry to end. We spent some time in Eryri, the Peak, the Lakes over the Kendal Mountain Film fest weekend and finally a week of early snow in Scotland 1. Tent views on
AUTUMN TIMES Probably my favourite season is the dramatic leaf change of the autumn. October is still warm enough to make the most of the days but winter is coming! Time to get out the gloves and layers but occasional T-shirt climbing days 1. Becs
FACES OF SEPTEMBER... Finally after a few damp months it's been largely dry as I've toured around Wales and Scotland having fun at work and out playing. Due to a upload failure (this is my umpteen attempt!) these are in reverse date order.... 1. Gi
BEST OF AUGUST - Welsh monsoon season *this is my first post for awhile as I got locked out of my account* August is in my experience is often a wash out of a month. This year was no exception! Some nice work, lots of work on a garden remodeling pr
SUMMER EXPEDITION I'm about to to get on the plane home after 3 weeks in Peru. It's been a great trip with one of my best mates JV. Whilst the trip was mainly about trekking, climbing and skiing in the mountains it was also great to see some more o