"To be as BRAVE as the people we help."
That is the phrase that underpins 'Shire' employee John Carney's alpine climbing challenge in aid of the charity '500 Miles'.
John's Chamonix No... more>
Working as rangers for U.S. based company ‘Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE)’ British Guides Simon Abrahams and Rob Jarvis have just opened the summer summit season on Mount Vinson (at 4892m the highest mountain in Antarctica).
ALE provide air access to the mountain via an Illyushin-76 Jet from Southern Patagonia to their new base camp ‘Union Glacier’ in the Southern Ellswor... more>
Conditions across the Mont Blanc range have taken a pleasant turn for the autumnal with cool air temperatures and reasonable amounts of fresh snow on the glaciers, faces and butresses. Rock climbing in the High Mountains is only now really practical on the warmer South faces.
Fellow British Guide Dave Hollinger and I enjoyed fine icy conditions whilst climbing the Grand Pilier d'Angle... more>
Thanks to Jerry Ostrowski and the Metropolitan Police Mountaineering Club for hosting an excellent evening at New Scotland Yard last night.
I had been invited to give a talk covering a 'Year in the Mountains', for an International Mountain Guide. The lecture was a mixture of the far flung and exotic (including Mount Vinson in Antarctica and the first ascent of 'Changuch' in the India... more>
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