How to report a missing trekker in Nepal

December 14, 2016 Good causes mountaineering insurance, nepal, search and rescue, security, solo trekking, the longest way home, tourism, trekking, trekking agencies association of nepal 2 Comments

Last week a new service was launched to help find tourists who have gone missing while trekking in Nepal. MissingTrekker.com is intended to be a database of missing trekkers, but it’s also a comprehensive resource about trekker safety.

The Snowdon Horseshoe: Britain’s classic hill walk

October 7, 2015 Trip reports britain, crib goch, edita, hill walking, moel siabod, pen-y-gwryd hotel, search and rescue, snowdon, snowdon horseshoe, snowdon mountain railway, snowdonia, wales, y lliwedd 14 Comments

There are many great routes up Snowdon, but for hill walkers the Snowdon Horseshoe is the very best, crossing three of the Welsh 3000ers in three ridge scrambles of varying difficulty. Our circuit of it last month included a little bit of drama.

Expedition insurance: why I’m ditching BMC for another provider

December 3, 2014 Opinion and advice british mountaineering council, everest, lhotse, malawi, mountaineering insurance, mulanje, search and rescue, zambia

For several years now Christmas has been the time to renew my annual travel insurance with the British Mountaineering Council (BMC). This year I won’t be, and this post is all about why and where I’ll be shopping around.