The Tanzanian Mount Meru

January 11, 2017 Trip reports africa, edita, kilimanjaro, mount meru, safari, tanzania, trekking, volcanoes, wildlife 11 Comments

Thanks to a hardcore climbing movie, an obscure peak in the Indian Himalaya is now the most famous Mount Meru in the world. But for many years a far more accessible and attainable peak in northern Tanzania was much more widely known.

Creative peak bagging is the way forward

January 21, 2015 Opinion and advice 8000m peaks, africa, cholatse, edita, everest, gasherbrum, kilimanjaro, lhotse, mafinga hills, malawi, morocco, mulanje, nepal, ouanoukrim, peak bagging, peru, safari, seven summits, toubkal, trekking, zambia 5 Comments

Last year was an unusual one for me. There were few real plans, and my travels ended up evolving out of necessity and opportunity, but I kind of liked it that way and I believe a combination of loose planning and going with the flow is the way forward in travel.

Swimming with polar bears

November 30, 2011 Reviews and tributes bardia national park, elephants, natural history museum, nepal, photography, polar bears, rhinos, safari, wildlife, wildlife photographer of the year, wildlife photography 0 Comment

Why great photography takes balls It’s a bit embarrassing to say this, but as far as photography’s concerned I’m still something of a point-and-click man. I have several thousand photos on my website from dozens of expeditions worldwide, and some