This is just a brief note to say that I have made quite a few updates over the last couple of months to the climbers' list in my blog about the 50 most prominent peaks in the world. You can find this list here. If any reader has any information that would help make the list better I would be Continue Reading
The Top 50 Highest and the Top 50 Most Prominent Volcanoes in the World
This is a short blog to signpost some pages on this site that contain lists of: the Top 50 Highest Volcanoes in the World and the Top 50 Most Prominent Volcanoes in the World. A month or two back I was asked by a friend to consider what the Top 50 Highest and the Top 50 Most Prominent Continue Reading
Pico Ruivo – Ultra bagging in Madeira
This is a blog about a hastily arranged trip last November. A mini adventure snatched as the UK was entering its second Covid-19 lockdown. With mountaineering being somewhat constrained, at least for me, during 2020 I was keen to do at least something. What with travel corridors Continue Reading
The Top 50 Ultra Prominent Peaks of the World (and who has climbed them)
In a blog that I posted in December 2018 here, I wrote about the concept of Ultras as a means of classifying mountains. "Ultra" is shorthand for Ultra high prominence. My blog listed the 10 most prominent mountains in the world. It explained the classification and it listed the names of people Continue Reading
Glorious Green Guatemala
This is a blog about a trip I made to Guatemala almost a year ago now. “Guatemala. What do you want to go there for?” I was asked that question a few times before I made my trip last November. Well I can report that Guatemala is green. Guatemala has more than its fair share of volcanoes. And Continue Reading