Ultras? A blog on football fans known for ultra-fanatical support? Often with violent tendencies? No, this is about ultra-prominent mountains, or “Ultras”. WHAT IS A MOUNTAIN? One of the great mountaineering goals is to climb all of the Earth’s 8000m peaks. There are 14 Continue Reading
Atlas Adventure
In the last blog I introduced you to a guest blogger, the Reluctant Mountaineer. Here she writes again about a visit to Morocco and the Atlas Mountains in June 2017. So was she there for the culture and the sunny weather? Or, perhaps, was she going to be dragged up climb Jebel Toubkal, Continue Reading
Earning A Cocktail and Some Sunbathing by The Reluctant Mountaineer
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
The World Cup and a volcano
As the FIFA 2018 World Cup begins an interesting link between a Peruvian and a volcano has been reported on by the BBC. Readers of this blog may remember my trip to Mexico and South America in 2014. On the South American leg my brother, Derek, and I started off in Bolivia and we then made our Continue Reading
Mount Ruapehu
After Mount Taranaki I wanted to climb Mount Ruapehu. Mount Ruapehu is the highest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand at 2797m (9177ft). It is situated on the central plateau of the North Island near to Mount Ngauruhoe (of Mount Doom fame) and Mount Tongariro (of the crossing Continue Reading