A return to the Moroccan High Atlas

December 27, 2017 Expedition dispatches africa, atlas mountains, cicerone guides, jebel toubkal, morocco, rwanda 0 Comment

By the time you read this, I’ll be in the High Atlas mountains in Morocco bagging a few 4,000ers. We have hired a local guide and trekking agency, and are keeping our fingers crossed for a feast of winter mountaineering and a couple of days in Marrakesh.

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.

An evening with Mick and Vic, British climbing’s answer to Vic and Bob

December 13, 2017 Reviews and tributes chris bonington, first ascents, himalayas, india, john hunt, mick fowler, mount everest foundation, mountain talks, pakistan, royal geographical society, sersank, spantik, victor saunders 3 Comments

Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders are two legends of the Himalayan mountaineering scene who climbed together in the 80s and completed several first ascents. They went their separate ways for 29 years, but reunited for a climb last year. I attended their very first lecture together.

Sea to summit on Chimborazo, part 2: Carihuairazo and the circumnavigation

December 6, 2017 Trip reports andeanface, andes, carihuairazo, chimborazo, chimborazo sea to summit challenge, ecuador, edita, edward whymper, karl egloff, sea to summit 0 Comment

We had already cycled around the south side of Chimborazo. The next stage was to complete the full circuit by trekking around the northern side to Carrel Hut on the west. Just for good measure, we planned to pop up an extra peak, 5020m Carihuairazo, on the way.