Nadhira Al Harthy: The first Omani woman to summit Everest
In May 2019, Nadhirah Al Harthy became the first Omani woman and the second Omani to climb Mount Everest. I grabbed the chance to talk to her before she ran the 130km Oman by UTMB race.
Tag Archives: adventure
First steps back to normality
Now that we can travel in either direction between the UK countries such as France, Italy and Spain without having to self-isolate afterwards, we can finally enjoy some of the […]
Oman and 3 Ultras…
Given that we’ve been in coronavirus lockdown and many of the summer trail races have been canceled this year, I look back at my last season’s bonanza’ of competitions with […]
A change of plan
The coronavirus pandemic meant this years ski season was cut short. So, whilst in lockdown and missing the snow, I was inspired to put a little film together about one […]
When Katy met Severine…
It was a lucky twist of fate that before I attempted my second Patrouille Aiguille Rouge ( this time the long course) I met Severine Pont Combe in Crans Montana, […]
Central America- taking the ‘ non gringo’ trail…..
Political and civil unrest in the 1980’s kept many tourists away from Central America for a long time… Then there was the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego and civil unrest […]
Ski Touring in Georgia
I’m just back from a ski touring trip to Georgia and it was a great few days of stunning landscapes, lovely people, amazing food- all super cheap… and, of course, fantastic […]
(Non) Chamonix Spring / Summer 2017
Chamonix spring and summer didn’t really happen for me this year. Once last year’s achilles tendentious eased off, the pain moved to the calf, with muscle tears in exactly the […]
Guest presenting on Epic TV…
I recently had a stint guest presenting Climbing Daily for Epic TV based in Chamonix. It’s good fun presenting on a topic that’s your hobby/passion and you can talk about easily, […]
Capturing the Action…
Capturing pictures of the activities I’m writing about has always been something I’ve enjoyed, but can rarely do properly as I’m usually the one in the action…. And its certainly […]
