Should you get a refund if your Everest expedition ends early?

November 4, 2020 Opinion and advice 8000m peaks, commercial mountaineering, everest, jagged globe, madison mountaineering, mountain hardwear, nepal earthquake, simon lowe, sir ranulph fiennes 11 Comments

A case is currently passing through the US legal system that may have immediate implications for Everest expedition operators, and wider implications for guided mountaineering in general. Here’s my take on it.

In some ways mountain clothing is simpler these days

April 4, 2012 Expedition dispatches edward norton, everest, mountain hardwear, outdoor clothing, tumblr post 0 Comment

Here’s Edward Norton’s description of his clothing when he climbed Everest with George Mallory in 1924. Personally I wore a thick woollen vest and drawers, a thick flannel shirt and two sweaters under a lightish knickerbocker suit of windproof gabardine