The day we did Via Ferrata – and lived to tell the tale

The day we did Via Ferrata – and lived to tell the tale

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It was summer 2017 and we were visiting Chamonix in the French Alps looking for a new adventure activity to try....that's when we came across 'Via Ferrata'... We hadn't heard of Via Ferrata before but after picking up a leaflet in the Tourist Information centre and Googling what it involved, we thought it would be fun to give it a go. It turned out to be one of those activities that looks good on paper, but truly tests your courage when you're actually doing it. Via Ferrata can be roughly translated to 'iron road'. It describes the activity of climbing along a pre-determined route up, or along a cliff, that follows a steel cable. You wear a climbing harness with a couple of 'leashes' on them which are clipped to…
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Two Wheels to Chamonix

Two Wheels to Chamonix

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Hey! It's Ali here with some news...Two Wheels to Chamonix is a book that I've started which catalogues my journey from our home in South Wales to my sister's home in the French Alps by bike. Inspired by speakers at the first ever Women's Adventure Expo, I had the seed of an idea for a long distance bike ride. Within 7 months, I was doing it. Some might call it a midlife crisis, but for me, cycling over 700 miles to Chamonix was a way for me to deal with my impending retirement from competitive sport... “Think you can, think you can't? You're probably right. It's amazing what you can achieve if you approach a big scary goal with a positive mindset” - The MahoJos Writing a book about it…
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