Mike Owen's blog

Perfect Verdon souvenir 40 years ago today, Elaine and I arrived at the Gorges du Verdon for the very first time. It was our first ever clim...

St Léger is definitely one of the best places to climb in the south of France and it's just over a three hour drive away for us. We have...

Not written anything, for over a year. Not because I had nothing to write about, but mostly because I've been getting fed up of social m...

A very long time ago, when the internet was a new thing and before social media had arrived. Imagine being a teenage climber, living many mi...

Whilst we were climbing in La Drôme, a couple of weeks ago, we heard that the approach to La Ramirole (in the Gorges du Verdon) had recently...