It’s that time of the year again when various people will be preparing for their expedition to Mount Sidley. Mount Sidley, by way of reminder, is the highest volcano in Antarctica and therefore one of the Volcanic Seven Summits. As I have previously blogged, the Volcanic Seven Summits challenge Continue Reading
Archives for December 2018
Ultras of the World
Ultras? A blog on football fans known for ultra-fanatical support? Often with violent tendencies? No, this is about ultra-prominent mountains, or “Ultras”. WHAT IS A MOUNTAIN? One of the great mountaineering goals is to climb all of the Earth’s 8000m peaks. There are 14 of them. Only 40 people Continue Reading
Another Volcanic Seven Summits Completer!
I am able to report on another person who has completed the Volcanic Seven Summits. That person is Ted Fairhurst from Canada. Regular readers of my blog will recall that I mentioned in February that Ted was having difficulties with the weather on Ojos del Salado. Ultimately the weather defeated Continue Reading