Misha
Love it all - trad, winter, Alpine, dry tooling, sport, even a bit of bouldering once in a blue moon. I love adventurous and committing climbing - abseiling into scary sea cliffs, pulling up on frozen blobs in winter, going off route in the Alps... Anything except offwidths!!!It all started with an Alpine climbing course in Cham back in 2003, followed by trad climbing a couple of years later.
Keen on winter climbing and have done a fair bit in Scotland and Wales. Prefer mixed as I find it more interesting but enjoy ice as well and have been to Cogne, Kandersteg and Rjukan.
Often found at dank dry tooling crags when there's no winter climbing to be had, both as something fun to do and as training for the real stuff.
Slowly working through a long wishlist of big Alpine routes. Got to do them before they all fall down!
Have done a reasonable amount of ski touring, including the classic Cham - Zermatt Haute Route and the less well known but really enjoyable Vanoise Chicken, as well as various other tours.
Tax adviser and chartered accountant - it can be interesting at times (yeah, right!).
Russian but have been living in the UK for almost 30 years.
Location
Birmingham
Best Climbing Experience
The next one!
Half a winter season in Cham, climbing a bunch of classic routes including Beyond Good and Evil, Birthright and Supercouloir.
Two week Alpine blast with that rare combination of great weather, conditions and partner, ticking off a few big routes, including the Walker Spur.
CC trip to Pabbay and Mingulay, which was absolutely amazing - beautiful, wild places close to nature, fantastic weather, a great bunch of people and some of the best climbing I've ever done in the UK.
Two week trip to Indian Creek with a few friends. A great place out in the desert with loads of great crack climbing. Once I got used to being beaten up by the routes, I wished I could stay longer!
Recent Postings
Currently at number 13 in the Top 40 Posters.
Articles by Misha
- ARTICLE: British Mountain Guide Training Scheme Entrance Exams Jun/2019
- ARTICLE: Becoming a British Mountain Guide Dec/2018
Logbooks Volunteer
Moderator for 1 crag, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Beeston Tor
Interests Outside Climbing
Eh?
About My Photography
Point and shoot, so it's more about the composition than the image quality
Photo Gallery
Dave racing up a classic narrow goulotte on the sixth pitch of Birthright
© Misha
Cascade, 30 March 2013
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Prophesy of a pirate raid
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Gear on the crux of Eroica
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Dave happy to reach the evening sunshine on the seventh pitch of Birthright
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Su in her element
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Dave on thin ice on the fourth pitch of Birthright
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Starting the crux in good icy conditions
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Anything Else We Should Know
Could always do with more hardcore climbing partners!
Assistant treasurer of the Climbers' Club. Someone has to be...
Hate offwidths!!!