Sea to Summit – North Wales
From the Llyn Peninsula south of Anglesey in North Wales, to the summit of Snowdon, highest mountain in England and Continue reading
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Everest Expectations
I’m eagerly following the tweets of climbing friends on Everest. They’re currently all safe at the Balcony, just a few Continue reading
Toubkal Summit
Climbing Toubkal in winter turned out to be a very achievable goal: I would recommend it in a long weekend, Continue reading
Next stop Marrakech!
I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I had some interesting projects lined up this year, and this is Continue reading
A view from 14,400 feet
Denali: A Big Day Out to Camp 3
The night before we pushed to camp 3, I had drawn the short straw to sleep in the cook tent Continue reading
The long road home (Miner’s track)
The clouds started to disperse in the early afternoon as we came off Snowdon. Walking down the Miner’s track we still had a good half hour ahead of us but the views were exceptional. Note my follow expedition member on the left with a Mountain Hardwear BMG 105 rucksack. He was carrying a 28 kilo load and wearing La Sportiva Olympus Mons with vapour barrier socks. I bet he was glad to be on the flat home stretch!
View back to Snowdon
As we descended the summit, beyond snow and hail, the skies started to clear. Trudging on flat ground I looked back and saw Snowdon’s summit from a distance for the first time that day. The couple of walkers in the bottom right add perspective to the scale of Wales’ highest peak.
Geek in the Hills 