Causey Pike, 31st December 2007

2008 was racing towards us and we just had to get a good walk in before last orders...



Causey Pike is an old favourite of Phil's and we decided that this should be the venue for our last 2007 outing.

We had a good turnout and the weather was relatively stable; little wind on the ascent with a stiff breeze on top.



A good day out and a nice cup of tea in Keswick afterwards... pure Verdes moment!

El Teide 2007

The 3 amigos had so much fun last year on El Teide, we decided to have a return match.


This time, instead of departing from sea level to make our ascent (who needs acclimatisation!) we opted for a night at the hotel at 7000 ft. This made it a little easier on the breathing front, but an invasion in the early hours by a lizard kept Davie on his toes and not knowing how to operate the air conditioning put paid to Rich's sleep plans too.



As always, the zig zags up the refugio at 10000ft were a nightmare and the effects of low oxygen were apparent. However, the push from the refugio to the summit seemed a little easier than last year and before long we had got to the top.



I even managed to remember the flag this time and for a small moment, much to the chagrin of my colleagues, the summit was in Scottish hands.

Welcome to Verdes Adventure Therapy!

At last... a way to tell you all about us!.

Verdes Adventure is the brainchild of 3 friends, Dave, Richard and Paul. We came up with the idea a few months ago over a fine bottle of red in a fantastic Italian restaurant, having just summited El Teide on Tenerife (Spain's highest mountain).

We're going to use this forum to tell you what we're up to and where we've been and to give people the chance to join us.

All you need is an idea, the guts to give it a go and the ability to have a laugh and a pint afterwards; we like to keep membership simple!