Jakub Sedivy and myself took a fun trip around Europe this spring. We started off in Czech, drove north in to Poland and then headed south via Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. The water levels vairied, and were a little on the low side around Italy and Switzerland but we still had a great trip. Here is a little video:
Alex and myself took Malcolm’s Speed wing out for a session. It felt great to be back in the air again 
Last year we made a small road trip to the delights of the pass of Ballater, a great crag filled many mega routes! After a day of climbing we headed East to the Aberdeen coast. I bought my camera along, and managed to snap a few good images.
Earlier in the summer myself and Erin headed out from the Lodge to paddle around the Isle of Handa. A beautiful Island that sits just off the very remote North west corner of Scotland. Through the summer months the Island is habitat to thousands of sea birds, which occupy the staggering cliff face, magically hidden out of view on the back side of the island. Unfortunately we went slightly to late for all this, and were instead greeted by the after math…. white wash!
None the less we had a brilliant time, bathed in glorious sunshine, with very little swell. With the minimal amount of swell we were able to explore the deep caves that undercut the island; on one occasion we were able to paddle deep enough that barely a trace of day light made it into the cave, however we were quickly scared off by the eery howls of seal echoing from deep within the darkness.
By the time evening came, we had found a lush sandy beach, with a grassy spit just big enough to pitch our tent. Within minutes of the final peg going in the first heavy drops of a thunder storm started to patter down on us. It was not long before the sound of thunder rattled across the sea.
Bellow are some photos that attempt to do justice to such a beautiful place.
It’s been one of those things, that has been spoken about amongst friends for a few years now. Heres a little video of our first attempt.
Just need to find a bigger bridge now!
September has been rather wet, much like the rest of the summer. Joris, Anne and myself had a great day out on the Spean, which was releasing on 5 pipes with over spill followed by a fairly high water run down the classic section of the Etive. Heres a little video of the day. Enjoy.
A short video showing the Glenmore Lodge bike tracks. Rider: Graeme Hepburn
In August 2010 I headed to Thailand with Will Hatt & Stuart Watson – The plan was to travel around Northern Thailand in the search for new white water. We did a whole lot of traveling, but unfortunately didn’t find anything new. However we did follow in the footsteps of a previous expedition led by Josh Neilson, who in 2008 found something like 10 first descents!
Other than a few medical issues we had a blast of a time! See www.kayak-thailand.com for more info.
I have put together a short video of our trip – The footage also features in Means of Production 2 @ www.mopmovie.com
