Wanda Rutkiewicz: the mountaineer’s Google Doodle

October 23, 2019 History 8000m peaks, alison hargreaves, bernadette mcdonald, carlos carsolio, edita, everest, google, k2, kangchenjunga, wanda rutkiewicz 4 Comments

If, like me, you’ve never wondered why Google don’t feature mountaineers on their daily Google Doodle, then you would have been surprised to open your web browser on Wednesday to find a cartoon line drawing of somebody in a pith helmet tugging on a rope.

Google invents armchair hiking

June 15, 2012 Humour google, tumblr post, walking 0 Comment

When I first saw this video of a bearded man who appears to be hiking a footpath with some sort of jetpack on his back, if it wasn’t June then I would have thought it was an elaborate April Fool’s

First Everest rotation; puja to end all pujas

April 20, 2012 Expedition dispatches 8000m peaks, acclimatisation, andrew lock, blogging, digi comms, everest, everest base camp, google, grant rawlinson, ian cartwright, jamie mcguinness, mark dickson, phil crampton, puja, spam, youtube 3 Comments

After a week of rest and acclimatisation at Base Camp (5160m) tomorrow we leave for our first foray higher up the mountain, and will be gone for nearly two weeks. The plan is spend two days trekking up to Advanced

What price an outdoor gear reviewer?

June 29, 2011 Opinion and advice advertising, blogging, climbing, digi comms, gear reviews, google, old post, outdoor clothing, sleeping bags, walking boots

Apart from a few Google Ads and the odd Mars bar provided by Amazon’s associate links programme, I’ve never tried making anything out of my website by advertising. Although I’ve been approached many times, I’ve always ended up deciding I