I was inspired to write this blog by an essay written by the late Adam Helman (here). A comment made in my blog on Australia's highest volcano (here) also gave me a push. Adam Helman's essay discussed the fact that it is quite possible to define the Seven Summits differently from the traditional 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