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2013

How not to do a mountaineering presentationoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2013
Everest’s most extraordinary false summit claimoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2013
George Mallory was murdered … by Jeffrey Archeroriginal ↗
13 Nov 2013
Carpe diem – Cheesewring, Cornwalloriginal ↗
6 Nov 2013
The Epic of Everest – Captain John Noel’s film of the 1924 expeditionoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2013
The first winter ascent of Broad Peak – a tributeoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2013
Do we really need more 8000m peaks?original ↗
23 Oct 2013
Sir Chris Bonington’s life in 90 minutesoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2013
5 ways to prove a summit claimoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2013
Book review: Everest The First Ascent by Harriet Tuckeyoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2013
Summit day on Manaslu: what’s it really like?original ↗
25 Sept 2013
World firsts are meaningless, personal firsts are profoundoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2013
Where on earth are Tenzing Peak and Hillary Peak anyway?original ↗
11 Sept 2013
Snowdon via the Llanberis Pathoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2013
What’s next? The mountaineer’s most frequently asked questionoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2013
What’s the world’s best mountain for cheating?original ↗
21 Aug 2013
A dark year in the Karakoramoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2013
The new Everest Base Camp police forceoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2013
4 ways to climb Denalioriginal ↗
31 Jul 2013
A good year to climb Denali (if you’re lucky)original ↗
24 Jul 2013
Adiós Leo Rasnik, guide of Aconcaguaoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2013
When the mountain is trying to tell you somethingoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2013
The High One: my attempt on Denalioriginal ↗
19 Jun 2013
How Mardale came to be flooded and the Lake District drowned in silly namesoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2013
Everest comes to London: celebrating the 1953 Everest expeditionoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2013
Is it a bad thing the world is becoming more accessible?original ↗
29 May 2013
Farewell to the Pilgrim’s Book House, Kathmanduoriginal ↗
22 May 2013
A tribute to Sherpas, the tigers of the snoworiginal ↗
15 May 2013
The Mynydd Du microadventureoriginal ↗
8 May 2013
Everest is not for climbers – you’re joking aren’t you!original ↗
6 May 2013
How civilised does an expedition base camp have to be?original ↗
1 May 2013
All you need to know about the Everest fist fightoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2013
Following the Everestersoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2013
Top rock climber accuses sunbathers of cheatingoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2013
Why Tenzing is the greatest Everest climberoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2013
A winter wonderland above the Bridge of Orchyoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2013
Herbert Tichy’s amazing discovery on the first ascent of Cho Oyuoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2013
Everest by the Venables Direct Routeoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2013
Is the death zone a myth?original ↗
13 Mar 2013
Did Chinese climbers reach the summit of Everest in 1960?original ↗
6 Mar 2013
First ascent of Aconcagua: a story of self-inflicted altitude sicknessoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2013
Why I’m paying Nepal back for the good timesoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2013
How reintroducing wolves benefits the whole ecosystemoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2013
Book review: Sacred Summits by Pete Boardmanoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2013
Is the mountaineer Phil Crampton Richard III’s distant relative?original ↗
8 Feb 2013
Is it OK for mountaineers to miss a puja?original ↗
6 Feb 2013
BBC proves not all Everest documentaries have to be craporiginal ↗
1 Feb 2013
Touching Doug Scott’s void: a crawl down The Ogreoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2013
Kenton Cool and the Olympic gold medal for climbing Everestoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2013
Peak bagging in Central Americaoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2013
Two great histories of Himalayan mountaineeringoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2013

2012

Christmas in Guatemalaoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2012
Ueli Steck’s ridiculous mountaineering careeroriginal ↗
12 Dec 2012
The snows of Kilimanjaro, and why seeing is believingoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2012
Why most books about Everest are irrelevant (but not all of them)original ↗
28 Nov 2012
Joe Brown provides a rare glimpse of Kangchenjungaoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2012
Snowdon via the Snowdon Ranger Pathoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2012
In memory of Victor Correa of Guicanoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2012
Snowdon via the Watkin Pathoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2012
Hi Kickstarters, but this is wrong in so many waysoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2012
Why glaciers are amazing in 3 minutes 17 secondsoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2012
In defence of Manaslu (and commercial mountaineering)original ↗
17 Oct 2012
Safe return doubtful: Was Shackleton’s advert apocryphal?original ↗
10 Oct 2012
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks Walkoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2012
Altitude Junkies summit Manasluoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2012
The Manaslu avalanche: a short analysisoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2012
The people who give Everest a bad nameoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2012
What climbing Everest taught me about George Mallory’s final hoursoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2012
How the whim of Eric Shipton shaped the history of Everestoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2012
Why did Harry’s Mountain Heroes leave Everest early?original ↗
29 Aug 2012
Introducing the Test Way, Hampshire’s unspoilt gemoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2012
Why Nepal is the world’s best destination for solo trekkingoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2012
Climbing Elbrus by any meansoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2012
Anatomy of a cramponoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2012
A short history of Nanga Parbat, the Naked German Mountainoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2012
What’s next? Elbrus, I supposeoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2012
Met Office website facelift is a godsend for hill walkersoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2012
Backpacking in the Black Mount: a high level route for midgesoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2012
A menagerie of mad mountaineersoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2012
Mystery of the vanishing Himalayan lakeoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2012
On completing the North Downs Way after 15 yearsoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2012
5 Everest horror storiesoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2012
Why Altitude Junkies is my choice for the 8000m peaksoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2012
Google invents armchair hikingoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2012
How to choose an 8000m peak expedition companyoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2012
Sleeping like a masked babyoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2012
Everest 2012: Climbing and alcoholoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2012
5 media myths about Everest bustedoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2012
How to ruin a brand new down suitoriginal ↗
30 May 2012
A parting gift from the China Tibet Mountaineering Associationoriginal ↗
24 May 2012
The world’s most terrifying ridge walkoriginal ↗
23 May 2012
With a little help from my friendsoriginal ↗
14 May 2012
The Everest weather windoworiginal ↗
14 May 2012
Mallory and Somervell, 13 May 1922original ↗
13 May 2012
The Tibetan Villageoriginal ↗
12 May 2012
The North Col and the Ladder of Deathoriginal ↗
9 May 2012
The mountain gods are mellowingoriginal ↗
3 May 2012
The Junkies’ showeroriginal ↗
2 May 2012
Prayer flags – what are they?original ↗
1 May 2012
Roar of a thousand tigers; the North Col Walloriginal ↗
29 Apr 2012
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