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A Life Without Ligaments – And How to Avoid It!

“Most of the All Blacks don’t have A.C.L.’s (Anterior Cruciate Ligaments).” This was the advice given to me by the orthopaedic surgeon. At the time, in the early 1990s, he also advised me that recovery from the surgery to put things right would be worse than the injury itself; that he couldn’t reproduce the functionContinue reading “A Life Without Ligaments – And How to Avoid It!”

Spring is Coming to the Mountains!

Following our Experiments on the Edge of Control, we sat on the sun terrace with the dogs. A Polish family came along and told us to go to Hel.

“There’s No Business Like Snow Business” – Our Season in the Alps!

We are well into our three months here in Monte Rosa and have really got into the swing. We enjoy the ever-changing views of the mountains, the smell of log fires and the muffled silence of a snow-covered wilderness. The days have been a glorious blur of joyous ski descents and beautiful walks with theContinue reading ““There’s No Business Like Snow Business” – Our Season in the Alps!”