Why the outdoor community should not ignore coronavirus restrictions

March 24, 2020 Good causes britain, global health, hill walking, walking 12 Comments

I’m posting early this week, because this is an important message that can no longer be delayed. There are no jokes in this week’s blog post. Normal service will be resumed next week with more light-hearted banter to see us

Kangchenjunga Base Camps Trek: the videos

March 18, 2020 Trip reports 8000m peaks, drohmo ri, forest fires, himalayas, jannu, kangchenjunga, mountain environment, mountain films, nepal, trekking 3 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a great series on the Great Himalaya Trail. This inspired me to return to my old footage of the last time I was in Nepal. It’s now two years since Edita and I trekked the Kangchenjunga Base Camps circuit, and I still hadn’t completed editing my video footage from that trek. Well, now I have, and it’s been great fun going back and reliving it.

Keep safe from coronavirus with namaste, the ‘Nepali handshake’

March 11, 2020 Good causes cultural heritage, global health, hinduism, nepal, teahouse trekking 3 Comments

There is no shortage of advice at the moment about how to protect yourself from COVID-19, a.k.a. the coronavirus. Since many of you are regular travellers, I’m going to chip in with some simple advice of my own that will be familiar to anyone who has trekked a lot in Nepal.

Introducing Wilderness Prime: a superb introduction to the Great Himalaya Trail

March 4, 2020 Reviews and tributes great himalaya trail, himalayas, kangchenjunga, makalu, mountain films, nepal, robin boustead, trekking, wilderness prime 2 Comments

Edita was in Africa last week, so last weekend I had a day to myself. What better way to spend it than pulling up YouTube on the TV and spending the evening watching porn… Mountain porn, that is — and I found an absolute gem.