The Dolomites were chosen as Norton Hill School’s destination for their D of E Gold Expedition and Adventure Week in the summer of 2011. The base was a small town near the resort of San Martino de Castrozza. The plan was to do some adventure activities to acclimatise for their four day expedition before spending […]
Dachstein, Austria – Easter 2011
During Easter 2011, Mark and I along with Jamie and Kate, planned a ski tour around the Dachstein area of Austria. We met up with Lorraine and Andy Leivers of Austrian Alpine Activities as they were helping me plan a school ski trip to Radstadt the following year. When we arrived it was summer […]
Dolomites-Slovenia-Austria September 2012
I took Georgia off to the Dolomites to do a recce of some via ferratas in the Val di Fassa. We managed a couple of days of exploration before we were flooded out of the campsite. The plan was then to meet up with Andy and Lorraine Leivers for some mountain routes but the weather forced us […]