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

8 useful web tools for expedition base camp

August 16, 2011 Opinion and advice 8000m peaks, altitude junkies, blogging, digi comms, everest, explorersweb, facebook, gasherbrum, himalayas, hootsuite, phil crampton, rss feeds, twitter, web tools, wordpress 1 Comment

8 useful web tools for expedition base camp

Well, it’s nearly that time of year again when I escape from the real world to spend a couple of months in a tent on the side of a mountain. At the end of the month I head for the

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