http://www.diarmuidc.net/press snowboarding, hiking and climbing photos from Nice, France Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:58:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en View Larger Map http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2008/02/21/etape-du-tour-2008-stage-map/ Went on a bike ride with Damo today. It was long and tough. 80km from sea level to 1000m. My heart was in the 80-90% zone (zone 4) more than any other zone Still it was good fun and good exercise. Weather forecast for the Alps looks good for the start ... http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/12/08/saturday-sufferfest/ So Isola2000 and Auron are supposed to be opening this weekend, however no snow has fallen in over 2 weeks. On the website they have removed a number of webcams, I guess to hide the true state of the conditions. In any case I think I will be skipping it ... http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/12/06/more-snow-forecast-not-for-alps-maritime/ Looks good for the Alps on Monday & Tuesday. Very substantial dump predicted. The only potential downer is the high winds clipped from www.snow-forecast.com La Thuile Weather Forecast :: www.snow-forecast.com :: Forecast elevation: (2046 m altitude) 6 Day Forecast Issued: 12 am Sun 02 Dec� http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/12/02/good-snow-dump-on-the-way/ I started using a new website for logging my runs and cycles. Motionbased is a Garmin supported website that allows you to directly upload data from Garmin GPS units for analysis. Here are some recent outings 50km cycles up north of Nice on Saturday morning with Tamas Lunchtime run on the ... http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/12/02/motionbased-logging-of-activities/ Pouring rain in Nice this morning and probably a lot of last night judging by the amount of rain on the road. Unfortunately it's raining in Isola2000 also, washing away the bit of snow that is there. Forecast is for more rain tomorrow and clearing for the weekend. The good news is ... http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/11/22/raining-in-nice-raining-in-isola2000/ Spent a weekend in Paris last month and got some pics: 2691 And finally the pictures from Caitriona & Brian's wedding: http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/10/12/paris-wedding/ Pictures from hikes on Cime du Diable and Cime du Mont Claiper uploaded. 2110 2136 http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/08/09/cime-du-diable-cime-du-mont-clapier/ Added a gallery from an easy Sunday hike to St Agnes, overlooking Menton 2066 And from the weekend in Apricale: 2080 http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/08/01/galleries-from-italy-and-st-agnes-added/ Wrecked after a weekend of hiking. On Saturday did a hike from La Madone de Fenestre to Col de Fenestre and across to Lac de Trecolpas. The hike took about 6 hours (970m climbed) and was not too stressful 1966 On Sunday I went back to La Madone de Fenestre to do ... http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/07/15/weekend-of-hiking-and-climbing/ Completed my first unguided 4000m climb in the Alps. Tamas and I set off on Friday from Nice on the 500km drive to Saas Fee. On arrival we got the last cable car to 3000m and short 1 hour hike to the Britannica hut. After a few hours sleep we ... http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/07/07/allalinhorn/ Tamas, Judit, Pierre Axel and I spent the day climbing at La Turbie. Topo here 1596 http://www.diarmuidc.net/press/2007/05/06/climbing-at-la-turbie/