Our travels abroad are often a compromise between visits to cultural and natural sites and climbing the occasional mountain. Our visit to Japan this year was no different. It is a country that has fascinated me for a while. So, we took the plunge and organised a trip for Continue Reading
Pico Duarte – to the highpoint of the Caribbean
Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Caribbean. It is on the part of the island of Hispaniola that is the Dominican Republic. It rises to 3101m and is surrounded by tropical forest. But more on that in a moment. My daughter was working in Punta Cana at the far eastern tip of the Continue Reading
Mount Sidley – January 2024 (part 2)
At 19:00 GMT -4 on 17th January 2024 the second ALE team of the season summited Mount Sidley. This was less than two weeks after the first team. This is my second blog on Mount Sidley - January 2024 The second team was much smaller with just one guide and four climbers. One of the Continue Reading
Mount Sidley – January 2024 (part 1)
On 4 January 2024 the first of this year’s two ALE Mount Sidley teams summited. It looks as though they had perfect weather from start to finish. There were 11 members of the party, including ALE guides Larry Holmgren and Pedro Binfa (Chile). Unfortunately one team member had to turn Continue Reading
Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat has long been on my ‘to-do’ list. Climbs require a military permit. For many years, due to Kurdish insurgency, obtaining such a permit wasn’t possible. This situation changed in 2021 but Covid and other projects meant that I wasn’t able to focus my attentions on Mount Continue Reading