Travel photographs

Mt Baker (4843m) from the Stuhlman Pass.

Scrambling up rock slabs above the Stuhlman Pass.

Looking towards the summit of Mt Speke, with giant groundsels at 4300m.

Me during the ascent of Mt Speke, with Mt Stanley behind me.

The Stanley Plateau, opposite, rises to the three high summits of Mt Stanley - Alexandra, Margherita and Albert - to the right of the shot.

Margherita (5109m) and Albert (5087m), two of the summits of Mt Stanley, from Mt Speke.

Looking across the border into Congo during the ascent of Mt Speke.

Resting at a rocky col during the ascent, with the summit snowfield of Mt Speke to the right.

Scrambling up fixed ropes during the ascent.

Donning crampons at the start of the snowfield, with the summit behind.

Me and Thierry on the summit of Mt Speke (4890m).

Descending fixed ropes on the way back down.

Looking down on Lake Bujuku and the Bujuku campsite during the descent of Mt Speke.

A malachite sunbird perches in the branches of groundsel near Stuhlman Pass.

A malachite sunbird near Stuhlman Pass on the descent to Bujuku campsite.