Your big weekend
Saturday I will be climbing at Campelli just outside of Lecco, Italy. It is a fantastic crag with quality routes of all grades. At 750m it is one of the best places to climb when the temperatures and humidity are high. I have been working my way up through the grades over the past couple of months and it is my last chance to tick a 7c before I return to the UK for a few weeks. The forecast is for storms so it is looking like an Alpine Start and hoping for the best. My Alpkit requirements will be modest; a Dabber chalkbag!
Sunday I will be meeting some friends who have a house up in the mountain village of Pianazzola near Chiavenna. The plan is canyoning in Val Bodengo. This early in the season the water is sure to be cold and the steep sided canyon will be void of the suns warming rays. Of course I will be keeping my sandwiches dry in a Gourdon 25 dry bag and trying to keep myself warm with Bleat baselayer under my wet suit. For Sunday night my Reg Airic and PD400 should come in useful. Lecco can get a bit sticky this time of year so sleeping out on the balcony at Pianazzola is a real treat!
Monday, who knows. It is bank holiday in the UK but not in Italy! I might pop the Phud in the back of the car just in case. There is excellent bouldering at Cimaganda and Val Bodengo close to Chiavenna, better clear it first with the boss!
So, how do your Alpkit goodies fit into your big weekend manouvers?
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i have been sleeping in my AD700 in the refuge albert, staying warm in my filo in chamonix and keeping my gear dry using my gourdon
I’m not doing much this weekend but on wednesday i’m going over to the Isle of man TT. I will be cycling and camping so will have my Airic,Filo and Apollo with me.
Well no outdoors activities for me this weekend. I am off to Snowdonia on a Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition which I’m supervising on Wednesday. This weekend I’m going to Alton Towers so I’ll be carrying my packed lunch in my Gourdon and hoping it stays dry on the rapids!
My Bleat will be keeping me warm on, what I expect will be a very soggy, Scarfell. I shall be sleeping very soundly on my Airic in Langdale. And my Alpkit Classic Tee will be keeping me bling down the nearest pub.
If only I’d got my hands on some Apollo stuff sacks to stop me from loosing my kit…
I’ll be breaking out the Bleat for some scrambling maneuvers in N. Wales and keeping packing issues under control with my new set of Apollo stuff sacks. Should be a good time.
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I’ve just come back from the Ardeche in France where my Slim Airic has been used 2 or 3 nights a week for the last 2 months, either in a tent or in a hammock under a tarp
Any chance of an alpkit hammock as my dec****** one is on it’s last legs?! (unlike my slim airic!)