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OFFICIAL WEBSITE 2012

 Lushaugen 812 mts. Oppland, Norway (April 2012)

“In the mountains there are only two grades: You can either do it, or you can’t.”

-  Rusty Baille.

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  Nordic Cross Country Ski Training Camp 2012

 URANIENBORG, Svartskog, Norway: Home of Cpt. ROALD AMUNDSEN (Polar Explorer) Lead the first expedition to reach The South Pole in 1911. Our visit was 3pm on 14/12/2011. One hundred years later to the hour!

“Victory awaits him, who has everything in order. Luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions. Bad luck we call it.”

- Captain Roald Amundsen, “South Pole” 1910-1912

 The Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge 2011 (8h 54 mins.)

 Midnight Trek - Monte Ponoig (1181 mts) 12/09/11

 El Alpine Club  - ‘Mulhacén’ (3479 mts)

“I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.”

- Sir Leslie Stephen

3479 m.o.s.l. MULHACÉN summit (01/07/11) Sierra Nevada, Andalucia, Spain, The highest peak in the Iberian Peninsular. The 64th most prominent climb in the world.

 @ Refugio Poquiera 2485 m.o.s.l. Sierra Nevada, Andalucia, Spain “The highest hostel in Spain & Iberia”

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