Spirit Mountain: my attempt on Manaslu

August 30, 2011 Expedition dispatches 8000m peaks, adele pennington, altitude junkies, annapurna circuit, bill tilman, bunter anson, cho oyu, exodus travels, gerlinde kaltenbrunner, gyalzen norbu sherpa, ian cartwright, jagged globe, manaslu, mark dickson, nepal, phil crampton, reinhold messner, toshio imanishi, valerie parkinson 1 Comment

Spirit Mountain: my attempt on Manaslu

If at first you don’t succeed, go and lie on a beach next time and get yourself a nice sun tan … is not a phrase you hear many mountaineers saying. In fact, once bitten by the mountaineering bug your

When does trekking become mountaineering?

May 24, 2011 Opinion and advice exodus travels, himalayas, ice climbing, island peak, jagged globe, ke adventure travel, mark dickson, mera peak, nepal, nepal mountaineering association, the responsible travellers, trekking, trekking peaks

When does trekking become mountaineering?

I was thinking about this question last week, when a friend emailed me after returning from an expedition to Island Peak in Nepal to say he hadn’t been able to reach the summit because a section of ice climbing on