Climbing in Europe, climbing course in Switzerland

Alpine Flora in Switzerland

Climbing in Europe, many colorful views

The month of July in the Swiss Alps has been absolutely fabulous with lots of sunshine but with the appropriate amount of rain, often during the night, for mother nature. Gary is presently on the third climbing course in Switzerland. Coming week he’ll be on an alpinism trip with Jim from Australia. Jim’s flexibility is a great bonus in terms of choosing the best possible locations with regard to weather forecasts.

We have had some excellent rock climbing adventures during the middle of the month, first at the Wandfluh/ Gastlosen then moving on to the Grimsel. Both areas have awesome slab climbing, the first on amazing lime stone and the Grimsel area fantastic granite. To enjoy rock climbing at Grimsel, perfect weather is essential and once the forecast was clear, off we went: