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about Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/what-im-learning-from-robert-macfarlanes-reading-group-about-nan-shepherds-the-living-mountain/", "published_at": "2020-04-01T15:30:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbac-6e85-7143-b79c-2ad512c1917a", "title": "Why the outdoor community should not ignore COVID-19 restrictions", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/why-the-outdoor-community-should-not-ignore-coronavirus-restrictions/", "published_at": "2020-03-24T11:32:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbac-6e85-7143-b79c-2ad513174f8f", "title": "Kangchenjunga Base Camps Trek: the videos", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/kangchenjunga-base-camps-trek-the-videos/", "published_at": "2020-03-18T16:36:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbac-6e85-7143-b79c-2ad513b1a2c6", "title": "Keep safe from COVID-19 with namaste, the ‘Nepali handshake’", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/keep-safe-from-coronavirus-with-namaste-the-nepali-handshake/", "published_at": "2020-03-11T16:36:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbac-6e85-7143-b79c-2ad513f67435", "title": "Introducing Wilderness Prime: a superb introduction to the Great Himalaya Trail", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/introducing-wilderness-prime-a-superb-introduction-to-the-great-himalaya-trail/", "published_at": "2020-03-04T16:36:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af2eb26163", "title": "Much ado about yetis: Nepal’s latest tourism blunder", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/much-ado-about-yetis-nepals-latest-tourism-blunder/", "published_at": "2020-02-26T16:31:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af2f1444e8", "title": "How the Duke of Cornwall stole a footpath and I rediscovered it", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/how-the-duke-of-cornwall-stole-a-footpath-and-i-rediscovered-it/", "published_at": "2020-02-19T16:31:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af2ffbef94", "title": "BREAKING NEWS: False alarm as climber’s tracking device suggests he is trapped inside toilet tent", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/breaking-news-false-alarm-as-climbers-tracking-device-suggests-he-is-trapped-inside-toilet-tent/", "published_at": "2020-02-12T16:37:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af30a51940", "title": "The true summit of Manaslu: a long-standing mystery solved", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/the-true-summit-of-manaslu-a-long-standing-mystery-solved/", "published_at": "2020-02-05T16:37:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af314b32cf", "title": "The tragedy of Armero: the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/the-tragedy-of-armero-the-1985-eruption-of-nevado-del-ruiz/", "published_at": "2020-01-29T16:30:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af32329e05", "title": "Los Nevados: exploring the volcanoes of Colombia’s Cordillera Central", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/los-nevados-exploring-the-volcanoes-of-colombias-cordillera-central/", "published_at": "2020-01-22T21:14:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af32834c7e", "title": "How the Colombian páramo thwarted the Spanish conquistadors", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/how-the-colombian-paramo-thwarted-the-spanish-conquistadors/", "published_at": "2020-01-15T16:37:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af32bc1607", "title": "Why I’m not a big fan of rock climbing", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/why-im-not-a-big-fan-of-rock-climbing/", "published_at": "2020-01-08T16:34:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af334cca1d", "title": "The five days of Colombia’s Cocuy Circuit trek on video", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/the-five-days-of-colombias-cocuy-circuit-trek-in-video/", "published_at": "2019-12-21T16:36:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-5c28-72f1-9f56-59af33c60323", "title": "A return to the mountains of Colombia, with a volcanic twist", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/a-return-to-the-mountains-of-colombia-with-a-volcanic-twist/", "published_at": "2019-12-18T16:39:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee4654618e96", "title": "Climbing Cotopaxi: the ‘most beautiful of all the colossal peaks of the Andes’", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/climbing-cotopaxi-the-most-beautiful-of-all-the-colossal-peaks-of-the-andes/", "published_at": "2019-12-11T16:39:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee46549b9183", "title": "Review: Touching the Void, on stage in London’s West End", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/review-touching-the-void-on-stage-in-londons-west-end/", "published_at": "2019-12-04T16:39:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee4654a7fd68", "title": "Climbing Tungurahua and entering the throat of fire", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/climbing-tungurahua-and-entering-the-throat-of-fire/", "published_at": "2019-11-27T16:37:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee46551a1895", "title": "Paperback of Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo: the perfect gift to slip inside your Christmas stocking", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/paperback-of-feet-and-wheels-to-chimborazo-the-perfect-gift-to-slip-inside-your-christmas-stocking/", "published_at": "2019-11-20T16:32:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee465526e860", "title": "Monte Amaro up the backside: a bittersweet ascent in the Apennines", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/monte-amaro-up-the-backside-a-bittersweet-ascent-in-the-apennines/", "published_at": "2019-11-13T16:37:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee4655711383", "title": "Nirmal Purja’s ascent of all fourteen 8,000m peaks: why is it controversial?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/nirmal-purjas-ascent-of-all-fourteen-8000m-peaks-why-is-it-controversial/", "published_at": "2019-11-06T16:35:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee4655d0a603", "title": "An ascent of Imbabura, the dragon-back of Otavalo", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/an-ascent-of-imbabura-the-dragon-back-of-otavalo/", "published_at": "2019-10-30T16:36:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee4655d87131", "title": "Wanda Rutkiewicz: the mountaineer’s Google Doodle", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/wanda-rutkiewicz-the-mountaineers-google-doodle/", "published_at": "2019-10-23T15:36:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee4656b7eb1b", "title": "Fuya Fuya, the most exciting mountain in Ecuador", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/fuya-fuya-the-most-exciting-mountain-in-ecuador/", "published_at": "2019-10-16T15:42:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-fdee-71ae-b3ac-ee46572da145", "title": "Quilotoa: the easiest way in Ecuador to look into a volcanic crater?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/quilotoa-the-easiest-way-in-ecuador-to-look-into-a-volcanic-crater/", "published_at": "2019-10-10T15:26:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b783abbf5", "title": "How to recover from a big altitude misjudgement", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/how-to-recover-from-a-big-altitude-misjudgement/", "published_at": "2019-10-03T13:54:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b78d0c469", "title": "Two volcano hikes in northern Ecuador", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/two-volcano-hikes-in-northern-ecuador/", "published_at": "2019-09-24T14:37:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7964fd8d", "title": "A short escape to Ecuador to climb some of its more obscure peaks", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/a-short-escape-to-ecuador-to-climb-some-of-its-more-obscure-peaks/", "published_at": "2019-09-18T15:36:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7a2d7e5c", "title": "10 great books about mountains that have nothing to do with climbing", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/10-great-books-about-mountains-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-climbing/", "published_at": "2019-09-11T15:39:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7a9f2185", "title": "What the North Coast 500 has in common with Everest", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/what-the-north-coast-500-has-in-common-with-everest/", "published_at": "2019-09-04T15:39:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7adbe45d", "title": "An ascent of Aukštojas Hill, the highest mountain in Lithuania", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/an-ascent-of-aukstojas-hill-the-highest-mountain-in-lithuania/", "published_at": "2019-08-28T15:35:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7b1612f0", "title": "What was the highest mountain in the world before Everest was discovered?", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/what-was-the-highest-mountain-in-the-world-before-everest-was-discovered/", "published_at": "2019-08-21T15:33:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7b918f60", "title": "The Ring of Steall: a Scottish hill walking classic", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/the-ring-of-steall-a-scottish-hill-walking-classic/", "published_at": "2019-08-14T15:35:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7c89bdd2", "title": "The only video on YouTube of the whole Antisana climb", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/the-only-video-on-youtube-of-the-whole-antisana-climb/", "published_at": "2019-08-07T15:35:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-8e66-70e1-bf61-6f9b7d80d869", "title": "In memoriam: Jeremy “Bunter” Anson, who put Twixes on the Himalayan map", "url": "https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2019/in-memoriam-jeremy-bunter-anson-who-put-twixes-on-the-himalayan-map/", "published_at": "2019-07-31T15:35:01+00:00" } ] posts Claim your 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A walk through the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine original ↗

4 Mar 2022

A guided tour of Himalayan mountaintops by an Everest guide, from the comfort of your armchair original ↗

4 Feb 2022

One and a half ascents of Ben Hope, Scotland’s most northerly Munro original ↗

26 Jan 2022

7 great books with Sherpa mountaineers at their heart original ↗

19 Jan 2022

The Scottish coastline and the secret village across the loch original ↗

12 Jan 2022

2021

Special offer: Sherpa Hospitality at a super low price original ↗

22 Dec 2021

Kilimanjaro cable car: is it a good idea? That depends on its purpose original ↗

17 Dec 2021

My new book is out! Sherpa Hospitality as a Cure for Frostbite original ↗

3 Dec 2021

The story of Sherpa mountaineers from early expeditions to the present day original ↗

23 Nov 2021

Review: The Farthest Shore by Alex Roddie – hiking the Cape Wrath Trail original ↗

12 Nov 2021

The Ben Lawers Five: peak-bagging perfection original ↗

3 Nov 2021

Review: The Last Mountain — the last days of Tom Ballard original ↗

8 Oct 2021

Amazing drone photos of the summit of Manaslu help to set the record straight original ↗

2 Oct 2021

The weirdness of a Highland heatwave: 3 strange incidents on Beinn Liath Mhor original ↗

15 Sept 2021

Move over Jim Dale, there’s a new audiobook narrator in town original ↗

10 Sept 2021

The Glen Spean Nine: peak bagging and bet hedging in Central Scotland original ↗

20 Aug 2021

Nine Lives by Robert Anderson: Everest from all angles original ↗

28 Jul 2021

The best review so far of the 2021 Everest season original ↗

17 Jul 2021

Binnein Beag from Glen Nevis: when reaching the summit is just a tick in the box original ↗

30 Jun 2021

Everest and COVID-19: Why don’t operators donate their oxygen to hospitals in Nepal?original ↗

16 May 2021

Everest and COVID-19: climbers and operators need to come clean original ↗

4 May 2021

When Prince Philip went tiger shooting in Nepal original ↗

14 Apr 2021

The Chomolungma Varieties: struggles of an apprentice audiobook narrator original ↗

24 Mar 2021

10 high-altitude mountaineering lookalikes original ↗

17 Feb 2021

Is the first winter ascent of K2 a turning point for Sherpa mountaineers?original ↗

27 Jan 2021

2020

How I evolved as a writer by writing one blog post every week for 10 years original ↗

30 Dec 2020

The Ghosts Above — 36 minutes of Everest porn, free on YouTube original ↗

23 Dec 2020

Doug Scott’s expedition to the Tibesti Mountains in Chad original ↗

16 Dec 2020

How not to do the Cuillin Ridge, by cyclist Danny MacAskill original ↗

9 Dec 2020

What was Jan Morris’s secret code to say that Everest had been climbed?original ↗

2 Dec 2020

Sgurr nan Gillean and Am Basteir: the Black Cuillin’s hair-raising finale original ↗

25 Nov 2020

The best place on the internet to buy new paperback books original ↗

18 Nov 2020

Sgurr na Banachdich to Sgurr a Ghreadaidh: touching cloth in the Black Cuillin original ↗

11 Nov 2020

Should you get a refund if your Everest expedition ends early?original ↗

4 Nov 2020

Sgurr Alasdair to Sgurr Mhic Choinnich: the secret of Collie’s Ledge original ↗

28 Oct 2020

The Cuillin Traverse – to do or not to do?original ↗

21 Oct 2020

How does climbing Everest compare with winning a Nobel prize?original ↗

17 Oct 2020

Ascent Into Hell by Fergus White: An authentic account of climbing Everest original ↗

14 Oct 2020

Beyond the Nevis watershed, part 2: the Grey Corries original ↗

7 Oct 2020

Beyond the Nevis watershed, part 1: the eastern Mamores original ↗

30 Sept 2020

The world’s most stupid navigational error original ↗

23 Sept 2020

5 surprising, educational facts about Everest, all for a good cause original ↗

9 Sept 2020

10 facts about Everest success and death rates, based on scientific data original ↗

2 Sept 2020

When Joe Brown went hunting for Inca treasure in Ecuador’s Llanganates Mountains original ↗

26 Aug 2020

If you climb a peak that collapses in an earthquake, did you still climb it?original ↗

19 Aug 2020

His father, Frank Smythe — biography of a Himalayan legend original ↗

12 Aug 2020

The volcanoes of Colombia’s Los Nevados: the videos original ↗

5 Aug 2020

What mountain summit has the world’s longest view?original ↗

29 Jul 2020

My second audiobook — Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo, narrated by Philip Battley original ↗

22 Jul 2020

What does Mount Everest look like from space?original ↗

15 Jul 2020

Is Kate Harris the new Dervla Murphy?original ↗

8 Jul 2020

The sorrowful tale of Little Mo the moorhen chick original ↗

1 Jul 2020

Win a signed copy of The Baruntse Adventure original ↗

24 Jun 2020

Llanganates, Tungurahua and unexplored Ecuador — the videos original ↗

17 Jun 2020

My very first audiobook — Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest, narrated by Philip Battley original ↗

10 Jun 2020

Why did a Chinese team climb Everest during the coronavirus pandemic?original ↗

3 Jun 2020

Is The Last Great Mountain by Mick Conefrey the last great book about Kangchenjunga?original ↗

27 May 2020

Can you really see Mount Everest from Kathmandu?original ↗

20 May 2020

What a box of mountaineering books tells me about our post-coronavirus future original ↗

13 May 2020

Learning about the Manang Valley in the early days of the Annapurna Circuit original ↗

6 May 2020

Ojos del Salado and the Puña de Atacama: the videos original ↗

29 Apr 2020

Cool Conversations: experience the mountains during lockdown by social distancing Kenton Cool-style original ↗

22 Apr 2020

Revised edition of The Baruntse Adventure available from all good e-bookstores original ↗

18 Apr 2020

An interview and audio excerpt from Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo original ↗

15 Apr 2020

An audio excerpt from my book Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest original ↗

8 Apr 2020

What I’m learning from Robert Macfarlane’s reading group about Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain original ↗

1 Apr 2020

Why the outdoor community should not ignore COVID-19 restrictions original ↗

24 Mar 2020

Kangchenjunga Base Camps Trek: the videos original ↗

18 Mar 2020

Keep safe from COVID-19 with namaste, the ‘Nepali handshake’original ↗

11 Mar 2020

Introducing Wilderness Prime: a superb introduction to the Great Himalaya Trail original ↗

4 Mar 2020

Much ado about yetis: Nepal’s latest tourism blunder original ↗

26 Feb 2020

How the Duke of Cornwall stole a footpath and I rediscovered it original ↗

19 Feb 2020

BREAKING NEWS: False alarm as climber’s tracking device suggests he is trapped inside toilet tent original ↗

12 Feb 2020

The true summit of Manaslu: a long-standing mystery solved original ↗

5 Feb 2020

The tragedy of Armero: the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz original ↗

29 Jan 2020

Los Nevados: exploring the volcanoes of Colombia’s Cordillera Central original ↗

22 Jan 2020

How the Colombian páramo thwarted the Spanish conquistadors original ↗

15 Jan 2020

Why I’m not a big fan of rock climbing original ↗

8 Jan 2020

2019

The five days of Colombia’s Cocuy Circuit trek on video original ↗

21 Dec 2019

A return to the mountains of Colombia, with a volcanic twist original ↗

18 Dec 2019

Climbing Cotopaxi: the ‘most beautiful of all the colossal peaks of the Andes’original ↗

11 Dec 2019

Review: Touching the Void, on stage in London’s West End original ↗

4 Dec 2019

Climbing Tungurahua and entering the throat of fire original ↗

27 Nov 2019

Paperback of Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo: the perfect gift to slip inside your Christmas stocking original ↗

20 Nov 2019

Monte Amaro up the backside: a bittersweet ascent in the Apennines original ↗

13 Nov 2019

Nirmal Purja’s ascent of all fourteen 8,000m peaks: why is it controversial?original ↗

6 Nov 2019

An ascent of Imbabura, the dragon-back of Otavalo original ↗

30 Oct 2019

Wanda Rutkiewicz: the mountaineer’s Google Doodle original ↗

23 Oct 2019

Fuya Fuya, the most exciting mountain in Ecuador original ↗

16 Oct 2019

Quilotoa: the easiest way in Ecuador to look into a volcanic crater?original ↗

10 Oct 2019

How to recover from a big altitude misjudgement original ↗

3 Oct 2019

Two volcano hikes in northern Ecuador original ↗

24 Sept 2019

A short escape to Ecuador to climb some of its more obscure peaks original ↗

18 Sept 2019

10 great books about mountains that have nothing to do with climbing original ↗

11 Sept 2019

What the North Coast 500 has in common with Everest original ↗

4 Sept 2019

An ascent of Aukštojas Hill, the highest mountain in Lithuania original ↗

28 Aug 2019

What was the highest mountain in the world before Everest was discovered?original ↗

21 Aug 2019

The Ring of Steall: a Scottish hill walking classic original ↗

14 Aug 2019

The only video on YouTube of the whole Antisana climb original ↗

7 Aug 2019

In memoriam: Jeremy “Bunter” Anson, who put Twixes on the Himalayan map original ↗

31 Jul 2019