What does Mount Everest look like from space?

July 15, 2020 Opinion and advice everest, george mallory, international space station, island peak, lhotse, mountain photography, mountains from space, nepal, nuptse, tibet 2 Comments

If you follow the Everest Today (@EverestToday) account on Twitter, you may be used to seeing the occasional photo of mountains taken from the International Space Station. Mountains look very different from above, and views from the International Space Station are not always recognisable. But this one of Everest is so distinctive that I had to annotate it and share it with you.

The mystery of Ueli Steck’s last climb

July 5, 2017 History climbing fatalities, eiger, everest, himalayas, history of mountaineering, nepal, nuptse, reinhold messner, ueli steck

When I first heard about the death of Ueli Steck on Everest’s west peak, Nuptse, I was shocked, but not mystified. It sounded like a simple climbing accident, and nothing more. But an enlightening interview with the Nepalese climbing guide who found his body raised many new questions.

Sir Chris Bonington’s life in 90 minutes

October 16, 2013 Reviews and tributes aiguille du dru, alps, andes, annapurna, chris bonington, don whillans, doug scott, dougal haston, eiger, everest, grandes jorasses, hamish macinnes, himalayas, mick burke, mont blanc, mountain talks, nuptse, shivling, snowdon, the ogre, torres del paine 7 Comments

Britain’s greatest living mountaineer is currently touring the country with a series of lectures about his life, and I was lucky enough to see one of them. An important World Cup qualifier was taking place that evening, but if Chris Bonington’s life were a football match it would be a 22 goal thriller which ended 11 goals all and went into extra time.