Christmas Coffee Catch-up

The traditional early morning glass of champagne on Christmas day always goes down well. A touch of orange juice also provides 1 of your 5 recommended portions of fruit & vegetables a day – right?  Win Win!  Heaps of fridge cold salmon, gooey egg, and espresso where soon topped off with a quick beer at the neighbors. The fore rib of beef slipped into the oven leaving us with little choice as to what to do next, pub. Well lubricated, upon return, the attention turned to the table. Soft beef and sweet parsnips were aided on their way down with some magnificent vin rouge. Another glass? Don’t mind if I do.  As you might assume I woke up feeling a touch like this…

Spain trip all booked I’ve decided its time to begin the training regime, today I will think about going for a run and tomorrow I will climb indoors. This will, god willing, be topped of with some larger and meat. Nutrition is key. That is the entirety of my training plan as on the 28th (two days from now) I leave for Spain. I hope all the preparation will pay off. Stay tuned...

Stagg Chili Plug

Before coming to America if someone asked me: "Is it possible to go climbing, or in fact anywhere in life, without a Jet Boil at your side?" I'd have punched their potty mouths and reminded them of who they were talking to.

BUT - Behold, a climbing venture without Le Jet Boil. As you would expect the quality of the food was sub-standard for the entirety of the sans Jet Boil venture. Below is a short and merciless plug, an ode if you will, to Stagg Chili and tinned shit. Where would we be without you?

The Jet Boil Chef has recently been filming out of a new 'HQ' - Agnus the RV with a new member to the team soon to be announced, the Jet Boil Boy. Picture Mr Miyagi and the Karate kid, patience young one. 

End of filming BBQ

It had been a long trip around france and spain filming for the new series of the Jet Boil chef so on the last night we had a BBQ to celebrate all our efforts. Next time you head to a BBQ don't think "will there be enough space for my meat?" just take old JB along for the ride.

And for Gods sake remember - Don't play with your food!

Behind the scenes

Although the JB chef video's appear effortless there is a lot of work behind them, check this video out to find out exactly what goes on behind the camera. 

The 'tinned shit' went down a real treat and, not surprisingly, looked better on the way out than on the way in. Thank you Dorset Cereals for your gratuitous amounts of fiber. 

The Jet Boil Chef Launch

As we're all aware instant and filter coffee is bullshit, fear not!  

Note: The Jet Boil is back up and running smoothly, a quick chat with a power sander got that piece of shit back in shape.