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On bog hopping and jungle treks
Why experiencing something unique is worth sacrificing a camera for I’ve just been reading the former Welsh rugby international Richard Parks’ latest post following his ascent of Carstensz Pyramid in...
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The trials of keeping a travel diary
Well, I returned from my last trip to the Himalayas in November, and I’ve just got round to getting my travel diary from my expedition to Cho Oyu online, six months later. Does anyone care? Half the...
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All experience is an arch: a traveller’s motto
“All experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson I recently added the above quotation to the main page...
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Colombia’s glaciers will soon be gone
The photograph on the wall in the farmhouse at La Esperanza where we stayed the night had been taken 15 years ago, but it looked very different from the place we had walked through earlier in the day....
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The modern traveller’s obsession with gadgets
Here for your titillation is a photograph of some of the electrical equipment I’ll be taking to Everest next month. I use the word ‘titillation’ because I know there’s bound to be somebody reading this...
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Mystery of the vanishing Himalayan lake
I'm no climate change sceptic, and I've seen its effect on shrinking glaciers many times. While scientific evidence for climate change is clear, not everyone is convinced it's happening. One of the...
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Farewell to the Pilgrim’s Book House, Kathmandu
The phrase Aladdin's cave is often used to describe a place crammed full of interesting objects, and if ever there was a building worthy of the definition it was the Pilgrim's Book House, Kathmandu....
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The Epic of Everest – Captain John Noel’s film of the 1924 expedition
If I had one word to describe The Epic of Everest, John Noel's historic record of the 1924 expedition, which has recently been restored, then it would be atmospheric. If I had a second one then it...
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The Everest avalanche: how did it happen?
After publishing yesterday's eyewitness account of the 18 April avalanche on Everest I was contacted by one of my team mates, Mel Huang from China. Mel has been studying before and after photographs of...
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How photographs revealed Frederick Cook’s Denali hoax
Frederick Cook was one of the most notorious con men in exploration history who tried to fake the first ascent of Denali. What makes his story so engaging is the way photographs have been used to shred...
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5 steps to taking better mountain photographs
People sometimes ask me for photography advice, with long detailed questions about what equipment to use, and requests for tips on exposure, focal length and aperture size. After reassuring them size...
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The climate zones of Kilimanjaro from space
Another short one for you today (said the bishop to the actress), as I’m still trekking in Langtang as you read this, somewhere close to the summit of a mountain (unless you’re reading it a few weeks...
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What does Mount Everest look like from space?
If you follow the Everest Today (@EverestToday) account on Twitter, which posts topical daily messages about Himalayan mountaineering, you may be used to seeing the occasional photo of mountains taken...
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Amazing drone photos of the summit of Manaslu help to set the record straight
On Monday last week, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa (known as ‘Mingma G’) and his team from mountaineering operator Imagine Nepal made what has been described as an historic ascent of 8,163m Manaslu. Here’s a...
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A guided tour of Himalayan mountaintops by an Everest guide, from the comfort...
Most of us have used Google Street View at some point to identify buildings, reminisce about a place we’ve visited, or just to have a good nosy around the neighbourhood and see what our neighbours look...
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