There is another V7S completer. Yury Lukyanov completed the challenge on Pico de Orizaba with a group from 7 Summits Club on Christmas Day, 25th December 2024. Congratulations to Yury. Yury is the first person from Kazakhstan to achieve this. He was on Sidley last season when he Continue Reading
Volcanic Seven Summits – November 2024 update
I am able to report that as of 29 November 2024, two more have complete the Volcanic Seven Summits. They are Ryszard Pawlowski and Tomasz Bryl, both Poles, who summited Ojos del Salado at approximately 13:00 local time in clear but very cold and windy conditions. Also in the party was Continue Reading
The Irish Furths
What are the Irish Furths? It is perhaps first worth explaining what the “Irish Furths” actually are. The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) is the keeper of certain mountain/hill lists. All bar one of these lists cover Scotland only – Munros, Munro Tops, Corbetts and Donalds. Continue Reading
Beinn Mhor, Thacla and Beinn Corradail, South Uist
In my previous blog I mentioned that this was just the second time that I had been to the Outer Hebrides. Before visiting Seaforth Island by kayak and seeing the white-tailed eagle, I had been on the island of South Uist. Here I had some gorgeous weather and climbed Beinn Mhor. Continue Reading
Seaforth Island
I recently spent a little time in the Outer Hebrides. This was just my second ever visit. And the first was last year! The original purpose was to see if I could get out to the relatively remote St Kilda archipelago. Unfortunately, that did not materialize. So, looked Continue Reading