Posts Tagged ‘trekking’
Looking to go trekking in Nepal?
Just a quick shout out for Jagan Timilsina, who’s launched a new trekking company for Nepal: Nepal Discover Adventure. Jagan was the leader for my trip to Everst Base Camp and is an excellent guide, having climbed Mount Everest with a friend and many more…. I hope I can join them on a trip next…
Read MoreWinter on Mount Toubkal….
I’ve just got back from a fantastic week in Morocco with The Adventure Company on a trip to climb (trek), Mount Toubkal- winter style if necessary with crampons and ice axe etc. Not only did we reach the summit of North Africa’s highest mountain, the next day we also climbed the second and third highest peaks,…
Read MoreA break from the Mountains in Mauritius….
It’s only mid August but its already feeling very close to ‘end of season Chamonix.’ Plenty of people have plans to leave for this period, as I’m told it turns into a bit of a ghost town- although I suspect it’s a better time to get to know “the real Chamonix”- and at least Elevation…
Read MoreOn top of the world: Making like Edmund Hillary on a trek to Everest Base Camp
60 years ago on the 29th of May 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary made the first successful summit of Mount Everest. This May, I joined The Adventure Company on their special Everest Base camp anniversary trek, where we made a detour to Tenzing’s home town, the mountain village of Thame, where the occasion was being…
Read MoreMonkey’s and Temples- Kathmandu
Some photos of day one of my 60th anniversary Everest Base Camp trek can be seen here on Google Plus: Or on my Flickr photo stream here We spent the day visiting the holy river and the platforms for the cremation pyres at Pashupatinath, the Baudha Stupa and Swayambhunath Stupa, (Monkey Temple) Tomorrow we fly…
Read MoreBase camp bound…marking the first ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing and Hillary
It’s already been a pretty interesting year on Everest. We’ve had the apparent attack by Sherpas of Alpinists Ueli Steck, Simone Moro and Jon Griffith as they attempted to climb a difficult route without oxygen. More about this can be read here on UK Climbing and Epic TV Meanwhile, history was made as the first Saudi woman…
Read MoreChampoluc, As Wild As You….
This autumn I spent some time in Champoluc in Italy’s stunning Aosta Valley, with Adventure company AWAY ( As Wild As You,) who showed me some of the activities the region has to offer. With me was the Aosta Valley ambassador Squash Falconer. The article is out now in a new magazine called Coven. Read my…
Read MoreEverest Clean up debate
I was just having a google of Everest base camp treks for a friend, when my article popped up on a website I hadn’t heard of. However, I’m happy about this as it looks like they are trying to do good things: How Dirty is Everest
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