We have one place remaining on the Greenland Explorer 19 March - 5 April expedition. We are releasing the Reyjavik - Kulusuk flights tomorrow, so please get in touch if you would like to join this team to climb on the East coast of Greenland. [read more about Greenland Explorer]
Lhakpa Ri - 1 place
(1st Feb)
Due to a transfer, we now have 1 place available on Mungo Ross's 24 April 2010 Lhakpa Ri team. There is also thwe opportunity to climb to the North Col of Everest on this expedition. Lhakpa Ri itself is frequently described as the 'easiest 7,000m peak in the world'. [read more about Lhakpa Ri]
Video Clips and ShAFF
(1st Feb)
We have re-vamped our Video Clips page, adding trailers from the upcoming Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (12 - 14 March), which Jagged Globe is sponsoring. We plan to grow our database of films, which represent exciting and inspiring, Climb, Trek and Ski films, presenting them in the Video Clips section of the website.
More Off Piste Skiing feedback (and photos)
(1st Feb)
Members of our Off Piste Improvers course in Tignes last week rated the instruction from Simon Christy as a '5' for 'excellent', and had this to say about the Food and Drink package:
"The food every day was absolutely out of this world and a great deal of time and effort was spent by Lisa to ensure it was well beyond everyone's expecations" MO, Off Piste Improvers, Jan '10
and
"Lisa Newton was an excellent host. She worked tirelessly to feed and look after the group, always smiling and in good humour despite her workload, and was a great ambassador for Jagged Globe." DM, Off Piste Improvers, Jan '10
There are still 2 places available on our 20 February week and places on our 13 March course!
Our first Off Piste Skiing course ran in The 3 Valleys last week, with instructors, Simon Christy and Neil Milne. The course benefited from some excellent snow conditions. One course participant had this to say:
"I was surprised at the high quality and flexibility of instruction, causing everyone to progress very quickly. Our group was well streamed, with everyone of similar ability allowing us to progress to much more challenging and satisfying skiing than I had previously hoped the course would provide." AC, Off Piste Introduction, Jan '10
There are now just 2 places remaining on the 8 October Mera and Island Peak expedition. The 2 October trip is fully booked, as is our Spring trip. Tony Halliwell (MIC) is leading the 8 October team. Tony is a popular instructor on our Scottish Winter Courses (e.g. "The Guides were all great but I cannot recommend Tony highly enough - he was brilliant.") and led a successful Mera expedition for us last autumn. We still have places on our [read more about Mera & Island Peak]
2010 Alpine Courses PDF
(27th Jan)
Details of our 2010 Summer Alpine Courses, including dates and prices, are now available as a PDF download [806 Kb}. The courses start on 5 June, with our Alpine North Faces courses in Chamonix, and run through to the middle of September. New for 2010 is an Alpine Techniques course, for those focussed on developing their leading and ropework skills, with a view to tackling more technical objectives in the future, and our 'Oberland Traverse' - a high, glaciated trek, suitable for trekkers without previous mountaineering experience. We have also re-introduced a 6-day Mont Blanc Summit course, for mountaineers with previous alpine or British winter climbing experience. We are taking private guiding bookings, so get in touch now with Tom Briggs (tom@jagged-globe.co.uk) if you would like us to arrange a bespoke climbing trip. Bookings are taken until Easter time, after which it is difficult to assign Guides and arrange hut accommodation on some of the more popular routes. [read more]
Shaff trailer and tickets
(27th Jan)
Jagged Globe is a sponsor of the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival March 12 - March 14 at the Showroom Cinema complex in Sheffield. The trailer for the film programme has just been launched:
For the full film programme visit SHAFF. For on-line ticket sales, visit the Showroom website.
Neal Short leading Stok Kangri 17 July
(26th Jan)
Neal Short is one of our most accomplished leaders, having summited Everest, Vinson twice, Cho Oyu, Carstensz Pyramid and Khan Tengri, to name just a few of peaks. This July, Neal will be leading our Stok Kangri (6,121m) expedition in Ladakh, Northern India. This is a brilliant first Himalayan expedition and can be done in just over 2 weeks. There are still places available on this team. [read more about Stok Kangri]
Vinson summit
(26th Jan)
Jagged Globe climber, Mark Dixon, summited Antarctica's highest mountain on 17 January. Mark is back in Punta Arenas and looking forward to flying home. About Vinson, Mark said:
"This has been the best mountain trip I have undertaken"
Jeremy Windsor just emailed us from Mendoza to report that nine members of our 3rd Aconcagua expedition this season reached the summit, with the whole team making it to Camp 3 at Berlin Huts (5,933m). Our 4th expedition, led by Terry Moore has just arrived in base camp. Congratulations to the team! [read more about Aconcagua]
Jagged Globe Newsletter
We publish a monthly email newsletter with the latest trip reports and availability, plus features, competitions and general news of our climbing & trekking activities.
Aconcagua - 7 to 31 Jan '10 "On a rest day visit to Aconcagua’s Artist-in-Residence, something made us all sit up and take notice. Mike was not only a master of the brush and crayon but he also had a talent for..." report added 3rd Feb
Antarctic Climber 2009 expeditions "What an unusual, spectacular and fantastic month that has just been! Two "Antarctic Climber" trips back-to-back, this was my own first opportunity to visit the Antarctic. I was expecting..." report added 29th Jan
Antisana - 20 Dec to 3 Jan '10 "I don't know where to start my report, even though throughout our entire trip we could live many experiences that I think all of which were positive.
Our team members were: Mark,..." report added 14th Jan
Kilimanjaro - Western Breach 27 Dec to 8 Jan '10 "Arriving at the Keys Hotel after midnight - less kit bags, having flown out independently via Nairobi - I found most of the group had already gone to bed. So we all met at breakfast, and..." report added 11th Jan
Antisana - 25 Oct to 8 Nov '09 "This year the October/November Jagged Globe Antisana Expedition comprised six climbers; Geoffrey and Paul from the US, Thistan, Kevin and Stephen from the UK and Syam from India, two local..." report added 20th Nov
Dhaulagiri Circuit - 25 Oct to 14 Nov '09 "After fourteen days of continuous trekking the now united team renamed the “bus pass tours team” due to the majority of its members holding this qualification, arrived in Johmson on..." report added 19th Nov
High Passes to Everest - 9 Oct to 1 Nov '09 "It was a hectic scene in Heathrow airport as four Jagged Globe expedition teams assembled, very quickly the individual teams met and after introductions and nervous smiles we were on our..." report added 19th Nov
Cho Oyu 2009 "The September 2009 Jagged Globe Cho Oyo expedition was a highly successful trip with 12 of the 14 members reaching the summit. The timing of the expedition could not have been better. Bad..." report added 16th Nov
Mera and Island Peak - 9 Oct to 7 Nov '09 "Our trek, as with 4 other Jagged Globe trips that morning, began from Lukla. An exciting early morning flight, literally into the mountains, gained us so much altitude that our journey..." report added 10th Nov
Kilimanjaro - Lemosho Glades private trip "The James Sully Private Group, a.k.a. ‘The Men in Black’, a.k.a. ‘The Clear and Copious Climbing Club’, all successfully reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point of Kilimanjaro at 07.30 on..." report added 4th Nov
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