On 4 January 2024 the first of this year’s two ALE Mount Sidley teams summited. It looks as though they had perfect weather from start to finish. There were 11 members of the party, including ALE guides Larry Holmgren and Pedro Binfa (Chile). Unfortunately one team member had to turn Continue Reading
Die Siebengebirge
On the east bank of the Rhine, south of Bonn, there is a small range of hills. The hills are the Siebengebirge (the Seven Mountains). ‘Mountains’ is somewhat of an exaggeration. The highest point, Großer Ölberg, is just 460m high with a 220m prominence. They are volcanic in Continue Reading
Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat has long been on my ‘to-do’ list. Climbs require a military permit. For many years, due to Kurdish insurgency, obtaining such a permit wasn’t possible. This situation changed in 2021 but Covid and other projects meant that I wasn’t able to focus my attentions on Mount Continue Reading
Mulhacén
Mulhacén is the highest point in the Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain. It is also the highest mountain on the Iberian peninsula. Mulhacén would also be the highest mountain in Spain were it not for Pico de Teide on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands which surpasses it by Continue Reading
Volcanic Seven Summits Completion – update June 2023
There is a further Volcanic Seven Summits completion; Caroline Leon climbed Elbrus on 28th June 2023 to become the seventh woman to achieve this and number 39 on my list*. Caroline is from Sydney, Australia but lives in Dubai. There she works for DHL as a brand ambassador. She has Continue Reading