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died on Corsica’s GR20", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-spasimata-slabs-the-day-i-nearly-died-on-corsicas-gr20/", "published_at": "2023-12-06T16:33:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-52b2-707b-ba8d-6a0f742c31d1", "title": "A surfeit of scrambling: walking Corsica’s GR20 North", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/a-surfeit-of-scrambling-walking-corsicas-gr20-north/", "published_at": "2023-11-22T16:33:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-52b2-707b-ba8d-6a0f74380053", "title": "The most shocking first page in mountaineering literature", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-most-shocking-first-page-in-mountaineering-literature/", "published_at": "2023-11-08T16:32:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-52b2-707b-ba8d-6a0f75271465", "title": "Rosé, ridges and laricio pines: walking Corsica’s GR20 South", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/rose-ridges-and-laricio-pines-walking-corsicas-gr20-south/", "published_at": "2023-10-25T15:32:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-52b2-707b-ba8d-6a0f75c34cfa", "title": "Bookman Plaster Award announces new rules for mountaineering books following recent controversies", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/bookman-plaster-award-announces-new-rules-for-mountaineering-books-following-recent-controversies/", "published_at": "2023-09-27T15:39:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-52b2-707b-ba8d-6a0f76841d3f", "title": "My 2007 Knoydart diary: a winter backpacking trip that didn’t quite go to plan", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/my-2007-knoydart-diary-a-winter-backpacking-trip-that-didnt-quite-go-to-plan/", "published_at": "2023-09-13T15:34:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-52b2-707b-ba8d-6a0f776f335d", "title": "Bothies, boats and backpacks: climbing the Knoydart Three Munros", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-knoydart-three-ladhar-bheinn-luinne-bheinn-and-meall-buidhe/", "published_at": "2023-08-30T15:40:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d0040b626", "title": "In memoriam: Dave Fowler, West Coast mountain guide", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/in-memoriam-dave-fowler-west-coast-mountain-guide/", "published_at": "2023-08-23T15:38:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d009d8791", "title": "Why don’t we see yetis anymore? I may have found the answer", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/why-dont-we-see-yetis-anymore-i-may-have-found-the-answer/", "published_at": "2023-08-02T15:39:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d013fb0db", "title": "The Dubh Slabs: the most iconic scramble in the British Isles", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-dubh-slabs-the-most-iconic-scramble-in-the-british-isles/", "published_at": "2023-07-26T15:38:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d01ebc10a", "title": "Essential Skye reading: The Black Ridge by Simon Ingram", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/essential-skye-reading-the-black-ridge-by-simon-ingram/", "published_at": "2023-07-12T15:40:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d027775a9", "title": "The four summits of Sgurr a Mhadaidh: another Cuillin reconnaissance", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-four-summits-of-sgurr-a-mhadaidh-another-cuillin-reconnaissance/", "published_at": "2023-07-05T15:35:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d02ac99bb", "title": "First British man to climb Manaslu then narrate an audiobook about it from a converted stable in the Cotswolds", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/first-british-man-to-climb-manaslu-then-narrate-an-audiobook-about-it-from-a-converted-stable-in-the-cotswolds/", "published_at": "2023-06-14T15:36:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d02c428d6", "title": "The Buttermere Round: an epic walk for sensible people", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-buttermere-round-an-epic-walk-for-sensible-people/", "published_at": "2023-05-10T15:32:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d0399d570", "title": "A Grasmoor and Grisedale Pike horseshoe via Grasmoor End", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/a-grasmoor-and-grisedale-pike-horseshoe-via-grasmoor-end/", "published_at": "2023-04-26T15:35:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d0426ba96", "title": "The first 7 British people to climb Mount Everest", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/the-first-7-british-people-to-climb-mount-everest/", "published_at": "2023-04-05T15:39:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-d0bf-71b1-a460-cb0d0482a61a", "title": "BREAKING NEWS: Solo trekkers in Nepal will have to carry a live chicken", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/breaking-news-solo-trekkers-in-nepal-will-have-to-carry-a-live-chicken/", "published_at": "2023-03-22T16:40:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d5af5722", "title": "Murder on the Nangpa La: why the 2006 Cho Oyu shooting should be remembered", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/murder-on-the-nangpa-la-why-the-2006-cho-oyu-shooting-should-be-remembered/", "published_at": "2023-03-15T16:37:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d650094c", "title": "Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, but is it a real place?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/climbing-up-on-solsbury-hill-but-is-it-a-real-place/", "published_at": "2023-02-22T16:31:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d689c14b", "title": "Did Rudyard Kipling’s explorer see Hamish MacInnes looking behind the ranges?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/did-rudyard-kiplings-explorer-see-hamish-macinnes-looking-behind-the-ranges/", "published_at": "2023-02-08T16:37:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d782e1b6", "title": "A short history of Everest by Kenton Cool", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/a-short-history-of-everest-by-kenton-cool/", "published_at": "2023-01-25T16:38:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d8722253", "title": "How to survive a wet and wintry week in Glen Coe, Scotland", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2023/how-to-survive-a-wet-and-wintry-week-in-glen-coe-scotland/", "published_at": "2023-01-11T16:32:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d8fed8b3", "title": "My favourite book of 2022: Snow in the Kingdom by Ed Webster", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/my-favourite-book-of-2022-snow-in-the-kingdom-by-ed-webster/", "published_at": "2022-12-21T16:33:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d907fe10", "title": "Did George Mallory climb Everest in 1924? I asked ChatGPT for an answer", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/did-george-mallory-climb-everest-in-1924-i-asked-chatgpt-for-an-answer/", "published_at": "2022-12-14T15:48:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91d9be498d", "title": "Wham! Bam! Langtang! Chang! Four days of trekking joy", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/wham-bam-langtang-chang-four-days-of-trekking-joy/", "published_at": "2022-12-07T16:38:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91da0615bb", "title": "Dzo Jongo West: the world’s shortest 6,000m-peak summit day?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/dzo-jongo-west-the-worlds-shortest-6000m-peak-summit-day/", "published_at": "2022-11-23T16:32:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-0f59-7177-80ea-0e91da980bb5", "title": "The strangest tale about Kangchenjunga ever told", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/the-strangest-tale-about-kangchenjunga-ever-told/", "published_at": "2022-11-09T16:34:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb73875fc6", "title": "Dzo Jongo East: a 6,000m peak so easy you can just walk up it", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/dzo-jongo-east-a-6000m-peak-so-easy-you-can-just-walk-up-it/", "published_at": "2022-10-26T15:39:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb742e066e", "title": "Markha Valley Trek: a perfect reintroduction to trekking in Ladakh", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/markha-valley-trek-a-perfect-reintroduction-to-trekking-in-ladakh/", "published_at": "2022-10-12T15:32:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb745613ac", "title": "A return to the land of mountain passes", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/a-return-to-the-land-of-mountain-passes/", "published_at": "2022-08-26T15:35:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb74ea5f12", "title": "Life and Death on Mt Everest: a rare window into Sherpa culture", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/life-and-death-on-mt-everest-a-rare-window-into-sherpa-culture/", "published_at": "2022-08-10T15:34:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb75ca0777", "title": "If Reinhold Messner wasn’t the first person to climb all the 8,000m peaks, who was?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/if-reinhold-messner-wasnt-the-first-person-to-climb-all-the-8000m-peaks-who-was/", "published_at": "2022-07-13T15:34:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb75ecd8d2", "title": "Is Peaks and Bandits the world’s funniest mountaineering book?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/is-peaks-and-bandits-the-worlds-funniest-mountaineering-book/", "published_at": "2022-06-29T15:40:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb764f90d9", "title": "All 14 Welsh 3,000ers for the Queen’s jubilee", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/all-14-welsh-3000ers-for-the-queens-jubilee/", "published_at": "2022-06-15T15:37:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb76b074d1", "title": "Sherpa Hospitality now available as an audiobook", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/sherpa-hospitality-now-available-as-an-audiobook/", "published_at": "2022-05-28T13:29:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb771e6f4d", "title": "Snowdonia’s Nantlle Ridge the hard way", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/snowdonias-nantlle-ridge-the-hard-way/", "published_at": "2022-05-11T15:34:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-5827-71e7-9fa4-cacb7745eb4d", "title": "Plynlimon: traversing the five tops of the fruitiest mountain in Wales", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2022/plynlimon-traversing-the-five-tops-of-the-fruitiest-mountain-in-wales/", "published_at": "2022-04-27T15:38:44+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Syaphru Besi: the trailhead village buried by mudoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
Waun Fach, Two Fach: the highest peak in the Black Mountains from both sidesoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
How Merlin uncovered the ghostly sound of the Hispaniola mountainsoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Following in Tilman’s footsteps: my own ascent of Lhakpa Rioriginal ↗
29 Jul 2026
Tilman and Wigram’s first ascent of ‘Gardefui’, now known as Lhakpa Rioriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
How to solve the problem of queuing for a summit photo on popular peaks like Snowdon / Yr Wyddfaoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
Fastest known times on Everest: how much oxygen is allowed?original ↗
17 Jun 2026
Bagging all 13 historic county tops in Walesoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Does The Skirrid mountain in Wales look like a pair of buttocks?original ↗
20 May 2026
My video of our ascent of Pico Duarte, highest mountain in the Caribbeanoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
Fawrnicating in North Wales: Arenig Fawr from the north sideoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
The Welsh Fab Four: Rhinog Fawr and the Rhinogs from Graigddu-Isaforiginal ↗
8 Apr 2026
The two great American kiss-and-tell K2 mountaineering booksoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
An ascent of Aran Fawddwy, the highest point in Merionethshireoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
The world’s first (and best!) audiobook about climbing Baruntseoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
Cracking Ben Cruachan: one of the finest peaks in the Southern Highlandsoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2026
Ben Lui: the finest peak in the Southern Highlands (my arse)original ↗
28 Jan 2026
Beinn a’ Chochuill and Beinn Eunaich: fowling our way up the hooded peakoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2026

2025

A chronological list of the 10 highest confirmed mountain summits ever climbedoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
Craig y Llyn: zipping up the cliff of the lakeoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2025
Tour du Mont Blanc, the videos: Part 2 – Switzerland and Franceoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2025
Tour du Mont Blanc, the videos: Part 1 – France and Italyoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2025
An ascent of Pico Duarte, the highest mountain in the Dominican Republicoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2025
A mission to climb the highest mountains in the Caribbeanoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2025
What is a Dickson Step?original ↗
10 Sept 2025
Once upon a time there was a man who climbed both summits of Mera Peak and narrated an audiobook about itoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Chris Bonington and the first ascent of Kongur Taghoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2025
Wetherlam to Waterlam: climbing the Old Man of Coniston in a summer heatwaveoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
What will drone transport on Everest mean for Sherpa mountaineers?original ↗
25 Jun 2025
A night on top of the world: the legend of Babu Chiri Sherpaoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2025
12 inspiring stories about the lives of Sherpa mountaineersoriginal ↗
28 May 2025
Pen y Fan via Fan Frynych: two contrasting peaks in Bannau Brycheiniogoriginal ↗
7 May 2025
Corsica’s GR20 North, the videos – a demonstration of decrepitudeoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2025
A traverse of Hergest Ridge: Mike Oldfield’s favourite hill walkoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2025
Corsica’s GR20 South, the videos – trekking ‘Europe’s toughest trail’original ↗
26 Mar 2025
My latest audiobook: listen to the sounds of a man spending two months in a tent on a glacieroriginal ↗
12 Mar 2025
The Doctor and the Apprentice: the Jeeves and Wooster of mountaineering literatureoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2025
Why xenon and the noble gases have a noble mountaineering pedigreeoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Climbers to scale Mount Everest in a weekend by inhaling heliumoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2025
Christmas in Glen Coe III: the Hillwalk Terminatororiginal ↗
15 Jan 2025

2024

The life of John Cleare, the great mountain photographer, as told in commentsoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
The great balcony in the clouds: the Tour du Mont Blanc to Chamonixoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2024
A window into the past: the Tour du Mont Blanc from Switzerland to Franceoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2024
Walter Bonatti’s ferret: the Tour du Mont Blanc from Italy to Switzerlandoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2024
Valleys of mountain joy: the Tour du Mont Blanc from France to Italyoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2024
Crazy cows on public footpaths: is it time to change the law?original ↗
9 Oct 2024
A long-awaited history of Everest in the commercial eraoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2024
Murder on Aconcagua? The mystery of John Cooper and Janet Johnsonoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2024
Why The Salt Path is one of the great books about long-distance hikingoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2024
Is this the world’s most expensive boat trip? Climbing the Mullardoch Munrosoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2024
The world’s best introduction to the George Mallory Everest mysteryoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2024
Peaks and pine forests: exploring the Glen Affric Munrosoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2024
Win a pair of exciting books that could change your lifeoriginal ↗
15 May 2024
Trekking Ladakh’s Langtang and Chang valleys: the videosoriginal ↗
1 May 2024
Walking the Preseli Hills and Pembrokeshire Coastoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2024
Dzo Jongo East and Dzo Jongo West: the videosoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2024
At long last, a guidebook to cycling Scotland’s North Coast 500original ↗
20 Mar 2024
Ladakh’s Markha Valley Trek: the videosoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2024
The 8 best books about Everest written in the English languageoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2024
My latest audiobook: The Everest Politics Show — an eyewitness account of the 2014 Everest tragedyoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2024
7 mountain weather phenomena: a quick intro, courtesy of Tristan Gooleyoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2024
Christmas in Glen Coe II: The Revenge of the Rainstormsoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2024

2023

I asked Microsoft Copilot to give me a route description for Corsica’s GR20…original ↗
20 Dec 2023
The Spasimata Slabs: the day I nearly died on Corsica’s GR20original ↗
6 Dec 2023
A surfeit of scrambling: walking Corsica’s GR20 Northoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2023
The most shocking first page in mountaineering literatureoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2023
Rosé, ridges and laricio pines: walking Corsica’s GR20 Southoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2023
Bookman Plaster Award announces new rules for mountaineering books following recent controversiesoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2023
My 2007 Knoydart diary: a winter backpacking trip that didn’t quite go to planoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2023
Bothies, boats and backpacks: climbing the Knoydart Three Munrosoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2023
In memoriam: Dave Fowler, West Coast mountain guideoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2023
Why don’t we see yetis anymore? I may have found the answeroriginal ↗
2 Aug 2023
The Dubh Slabs: the most iconic scramble in the British Islesoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2023
Essential Skye reading: The Black Ridge by Simon Ingramoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2023
The four summits of Sgurr a Mhadaidh: another Cuillin reconnaissanceoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2023
First British man to climb Manaslu then narrate an audiobook about it from a converted stable in the Cotswoldsoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2023
The Buttermere Round: an epic walk for sensible peopleoriginal ↗
10 May 2023
A Grasmoor and Grisedale Pike horseshoe via Grasmoor Endoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2023
The first 7 British people to climb Mount Everestoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2023
BREAKING NEWS: Solo trekkers in Nepal will have to carry a live chickenoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2023
Murder on the Nangpa La: why the 2006 Cho Oyu shooting should be rememberedoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2023
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, but is it a real place?original ↗
22 Feb 2023
Did Rudyard Kipling’s explorer see Hamish MacInnes looking behind the ranges?original ↗
8 Feb 2023
A short history of Everest by Kenton Cooloriginal ↗
25 Jan 2023
How to survive a wet and wintry week in Glen Coe, Scotlandoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2023

2022

My favourite book of 2022: Snow in the Kingdom by Ed Websteroriginal ↗
21 Dec 2022
Did George Mallory climb Everest in 1924? I asked ChatGPT for an answeroriginal ↗
14 Dec 2022
Wham! Bam! Langtang! Chang! Four days of trekking joyoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2022
Dzo Jongo West: the world’s shortest 6,000m-peak summit day?original ↗
23 Nov 2022
The strangest tale about Kangchenjunga ever toldoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2022
Dzo Jongo East: a 6,000m peak so easy you can just walk up itoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2022
Markha Valley Trek: a perfect reintroduction to trekking in Ladakhoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2022
A return to the land of mountain passesoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2022
Life and Death on Mt Everest: a rare window into Sherpa cultureoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2022
If Reinhold Messner wasn’t the first person to climb all the 8,000m peaks, who was?original ↗
13 Jul 2022
Is Peaks and Bandits the world’s funniest mountaineering book?original ↗
29 Jun 2022
All 14 Welsh 3,000ers for the Queen’s jubileeoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2022
Sherpa Hospitality now available as an audiobookoriginal ↗
28 May 2022
Snowdonia’s Nantlle Ridge the hard wayoriginal ↗
11 May 2022
Plynlimon: traversing the five tops of the fruitiest mountain in Walesoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2022
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