Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, from Wasdale

July 18, 2018 Trip reports britain, camping, edita, ennerdale, eskdale, hill walking, lake district, langdale, microadventures, peak bagging, rock climbing, sca fell, scafell pike, wasdale 4 Comments

I had only climbed the highest mountain in England once, from the east side 22 years ago. It was time for me to climb it from Wasdale on the west side, and it was time for Edita to climb it for the very first time.

Monte Marsicano up the back side: 8 summits in one day

June 27, 2018 Trip reports abruzzo, apennine 2000ers, apennines, cicerone guides, club alpino italiano, edita, europe, hill walking, italy, monte marsicano, peak bagging, wildlife 2 Comments

Since climbing Monte Marsicano from the south on one of our first visits to Abruzzo National Park, we’d had in mind to climb the mountain via a longer route from the more remote northern side. This route took in no fewer than 8 Apennine 2,000ers in a single day.

The Ennerdale Horseshoe: a Lake District gem

June 13, 2018 Trip reports alfred wainwright, backpacking, britain, camping, cicerone guides, ennerdale, forestry commission, graham uney, great gable, high stile, hill walking, lake district, microadventures, peak bagging, pillar, scafell pike, wild camping 0 Comment

A sunny bank holiday weekend in northern England was the signal for a visit to the Lake District. As we headed out for a backpacking and wild camping microadventure in Ennerdale, I couldn’t quite believe that it had been five years since my last visit.

Kangchenjunga base camp trek: Oktang and the south side

May 30, 2018 Trip reports 8000m peaks, asian trekking, bokta, drohmo ri, edita, himalayas, jannu, kangchenjunga, nepal, seven summits treks, trekking 6 Comments

We had ascended a long valley to climb our peak and see the north side of Kangchenjunga. Now it was time to see the south side, and the nature of the trekking was about to change as we crossed a number of passes. This is part two of my Kangchenjunga trek report.

Kangchenjunga base camp trek: Pangpema and the north side

May 16, 2018 Trip reports 8000m peaks, drohmo ri, edita, expedition himalaya, himalayas, jamie mcguinness, jannu, kangchenjunga, nepal, project himalaya, trekking, trekking peaks 3 Comments

I was long overdue a visit to Kangchenjunga, one of the 8,000m peaks I have read most about, but seen least of. Here is the first of two trip reports about our trek to the Nepalese side last month, covering our visit to the north base camp.

High Atlas 4,000ers: the videos

March 14, 2018 Trip reports africa, aguelzim, akioud, atlas mountains, edita, high atlas, imouzzer, jebel toubkal, morocco, mountain films, ouanoukrim, trekking 0 Comment

Some more of my dodgy videos for you to watch. These ones cover our week in Morocco at the end of December, bagging a few 4,000m peaks in the High Atlas. The full sequence is only 16 minutes long, so they’re good for passing the time.

The Brecon Beacons: our Welsh Apennines

February 21, 2018 Trip reports apennines, brecon beacons, britain, cribyn, edita, fan y big, hewitts, hill walking, italy, marilyns, nuttalls, peak bagging, pen y fan, wales, waun rydd 1 Comment

It’s been four months since we moved back to London, and we’d not been out into the UK hills. It takes effort to get out of London for a weekend of hill walking, but the effort is always worth it, and the Brecon Beacons are not so far away.

Chimborazo Sea to Summit Challenge: the videos

January 31, 2018 Trip reports andes, carihuairazo, chimborazo, chimborazo sea to summit challenge, cotacachi, cycling, ecuador, edita, edward whymper, mountain films, rucu pichincha, sea to summit, sincholagua, trekking 0 Comment

It’s that time again, when I show off the latest videos I’ve cobbled together in the garden shed with a pair of scissors, a roll of sellotape, and some sticky-back plastic. These ones cover our Chimborazo Sea to Summit Challenge last autumn, when we climbed Chimborazo, starting from sea level on push bikes.

Bagging 4,000m peaks in Morocco

January 17, 2018 Trip reports africa, aguelzim, akioud, atlas mountains, edita, high atlas, imouzzer, jebel toubkal, ke adventure travel, morocco, ouanoukrim, pathfinders treks, tibherine east, trekking 0 Comment

It was arranged at very short notice, but our brief visit to the High Atlas over Christmas and New Year, was as enjoyable as any week’s holiday I’ve ever had, as we based ourselves in Toubkal Refuge and picked off a few 4,000m peaks.

Sea to summit on Chimborazo, part 3: the climb

December 20, 2017 Trip reports andes, chimborazo, chimborazo sea to summit challenge, ecuador, edita, edward whymper, marco cruz, sea to summit 4 Comments

We had cycled from sea level at Guayaquil and circled Chimborazo on foot, climbing Carihuairazo on the way. It wasn’t the most direct way, and there may not be many others who follow in our footsteps, but it had been fun. We had just one more task to do: to climb to the summit.