Grumpy Old Mountain Man

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Sunday walk with the dog, Arko. He was supposed to be a husky but he's rather large so we suspect he is a part husky, part Malamute cross. Beautiful and calm dog, unlike any husky I've known anyway 🤣

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Just had a week's walking on the volcanic island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. A fascinating place to visit and hike, such incredible landscapes

Walking on the Island of La Palma

Just come back from a week long walking holiday to the island of La Palma. We completed 5 of the best hikes the island has to offer and seen

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One doesn't think of southern Spain when one sees a photo like this. I took this from Loma de los Cuartos above Guejar Sierra

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Beautiful day here today in Lanjarón, Spain. Wherever you are have a great day

#spain #webcams #alpujarras https://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/

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Arko and his inner wolf 🐺

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Love this photo of our Siberian Husky, Arko, in his element in the high snows. Looks so wolflike, mean and moody, but isn't 😂. Great shot

#siberianhusky #husky #snow #spain #mountains

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Wall of White!!! The magnificent Sierra Nevada range today whilst we were snowshoeing above Capileira Alpujarras #spain #mountains

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Walking Trekking Scrambling & Mountaineering, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Mountain Guides in Spain providing Walking, Trekking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, Ski Touring and Snowshoeing activity tours, courses and holidays

During 2020 and so far in 2021 we are really missing showing our guests the wonderful Sierra Nevada mountains. Hopefully in the spring we can welcome you with open arms! We miss you!

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Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain. . . . Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop

Chris Darwin ,The Social Climbers

[kiersteninlanjaron]

Woke up to this beautiful site this morning. Snow on the hills above the Lecrin Valley, Lanjaron and the Arab castle in the sun. 

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It's not advisable to drink too much strong liquors while climbing in the Alps. If, however, you are going to fall over a cliff, it's advisable to be thoroughly intoxicated when you do so

English Alpinist

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Winter Wonderland in the Sierra Nevada, Spain

Beautiful morning here in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hard to believe this is southern Spain

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Migrating from WhatsApp to Signal

Now more than ever switching to Signal from WhatsApp makes sense. Invading privacy by sharing your phone info with Facebook and serving you Ads is coming. Join Edward Snowden, Jack Dorsey (Twitter) and millions of other privacy conscious users on Signal!  Problem is that so many friends are on WhatsApp and wont shift. Solution...... Put WhatsApp on an old phone, no contacts nor photos on it. Then migrate old number to new number. Result is clean phone with nothing really for WhatsApp to access. Not ideal solution but it does mean my main phone is totally clear of bloody ZUCKERBERG! And, that is a wonderful feeling! https://www.signal.org/

[grumpyoldmountainman]

Hello

Ok a new departure for me. I’m sick of Zuckerberg and Facebook. Time for a change. I’ve always liked Tumblr for one of our Mountain Guides Blogs so why not for personal stuff too?

Anyway, I’m a 60+ ish old guy, live in southern Spain, with a big mountaineering background. But, I don’t much like what is going on in the world right now. Not enough empathy from our so called “Leaders” in my opinion. Also against “big tech” dominance and global corporate interference. Did I mention that I’m also a really Grumpy Old Man?