Are the Alps falling down?
It was during a weeks ski touring from the Cosmiques hut in Contamines when during our usual post day out beer, mountain guide, Andy Perkins declared he thought mountaineering was […]
Tag Archives: alpinism
Missing on Pakistan’s “Killer Mountain”
Most of us who have some kind of connection with the mountaineering world would have been watching the developments on the search for the missing climbers, Tom Ballard and Daniele […]
Climbing Mont Blanc….
Just a quick update on the previous blog post…. We reached the summit of Mont Blanc yesterday morning with Fabio Levi from Dream Guides leading the way. (Fabio also guided Dwain […]
Chatting to Ueli Steck
I recently interviewed Ueli Steck for Trek and Mountain magazine. It was pretty hard work as he didn’t have much to say about anything really…. so I was glad I’d dipped […]
(lack of ) Women in Alpinism
This is a subject that’s quite close to my heart so I had a really interesting time researching and talking to women who are performing at a very high level […]
Alpine Skills in Chamonix…
A while ago I took part in an introductory Alpine Mountaineering course run by UCPA / Action Outdoors in Chamonix. The article on the course can now be read in Trek […]
Alan Hinkes – 8000m: All 14 Summits – The Interview
I recently spoke to Alan Hinkes about his new book coming out this September – 8000m: All 14 Summits – in which he tells of his experiences of climbing them- […]
