It is a week since I did this walk. I have taken my time writing this report because it has given me time to relive the experience, to look again and again at the photographs and realise how lucky I was. Opportunities have been rare this winter to risk the long drive from Yorkshire in the hope Continue Reading
Kilimanjaro
In February 2014 I went on a trek organised by Jagged Globe to climb Kilimanjaro. We had a rather "varied" group. It included three who were doing the trek for charity, three Chinese ladies, a guy from Ireland and myself plus guide Matt Parkes. Other than Matt, I had the most Continue Reading
Measuring the mountains
A nice historical piece by cairngormwanderer http://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/the-sappers-bothy/ Continue Reading
Mount Rainier, Washington making a grown man cry – 29th July to 1 August 2013
The USA is a land of vastly different landscapes, including may different mountain ranges – the Appalachians in the east, the Rockies of the mid west, the Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada, and the sub-sets of those. One lesser known range is the Cascades which run from northern California up Continue Reading
Quandary Peak, Colorado
Quandary Peak was the final Colorado climb of my week in the US Rockies targeting a few of the 53 14’ers, the 53 peaks that are higher than 14,000ft in height. This climb followed ascents of Mount Massive, La Plata Peak and Huron Peak. So by the time I was looking to do Quandary Peak I was well Continue Reading