On this occasion I present my first guest post. My contributor will be known as the Reluctant Mountaineer. It is no secret to those who know me that I don’t really do cold and wet, unlike my other half. So whereas he is off up the mountains, in various weather conditions, my trips to Continue Reading
Completing the English Marilyns
After my Antipodean adventures, it was time to settle back into UK hillwalking. One of my longer term objectives is to climb 600 Marilyns. There are 1557 Marilyns in Great Britain. Of that number 175 are in England. So completing the English Marilyns seemed to be a reasonable Continue Reading
New mapping of Antarctica
Antarctica has historically been one of the least mapped area of earth. The reason is obvious. It is the harshest, coldest and windiest continent on the planet, and the least visited. However, scientists at the Ohio State University and the University of Montana have now undertaken the most Continue Reading
High altitude kayaking in the Andes
Ojos del Salado is the highest point on this planet that I have ever reached. And it will probably remain that way. It also has the distinction of holding other “high” type records. For example: It is the highest volcano in the world (and therefore it is the highest of the volcanic seven Continue Reading
Further update on Zhang Liang
Back in July last year I wrote about this Chinese climber, Zhang Liang, and his achievements in climbing the Seven Summits, skiing to the North and South Poles and climbing the world's 14 8000m peaks. You can find the blog here. At that time he only had Denali in Alaska to climb in order to Continue Reading