Tag: expeditions
Note – 2025-01-01 20:58
@jds we were luckily invited onto a 2013 Berghaus sponsored expedition to climb and ski down Klyuchevskaya Sopka 4754m, a stratovolcano and the highest active volcano of Eurasia. We didn't make it due...
Note – 2025-01-01 08:37
Yesterday we came across an interesting and unusual feature that we've never encountered before in mountains (outside of Kamchatka in 2013). A deep crack/crevice was found near the summit of Morron de...
Note – 2024-12-29 20:37
@hikingdude I use them in the high mountains in winter. Breathing in super cold air tends to give me a bad cough. Also essential for me in Kamchatka where it was - 30C most days.
Note – 2024-12-20 08:40
I've seen Lautaro from far away to the south. A magnificent massif rising out of the Patagonian Icecap. Remote. Hats off to these two who managed to ski down the 2200m north face. https://explorersweb...
Note – 2024-11-17 08:41
Thanks to my mate Ian Tupman who, on the 10th anniversary of the trip, has just re-edited some footage from our Patagonia Expedition in 2014. Additional footage, photos and a new soundtrack. He's prob...
Note – 2024-10-05 07:53
@[email protected] @khusky as we arrived exhausted onto the Icecap in that blizzard our snow walls were somewhat poor and quickly depleted. So difficult building walls and erecting tents in those...
Note – 2024-10-05 07:27
Patagonia 2010. Trapped on the Icecap I had the most unsettling mountain experience of my life. On this particular day Sat Nav had failed so it was like the old days pre-weather forecasting. We all kn...
Note – 2024-10-04 08:03
Patagonia Image 4 This image brings back quite emotive memories for me & conveys the full emptiness that is the Southern Patagonian Icecap. Life here is very simple, arrive at camp, build snow walls,...
Note – 2024-09-30 07:23
After being inspired yesterday by Colin Haley's exploits in Patagonia I went back through some of the photos from our own efforts of the Southern Patagonian Icecap over the years. Admittedly, they are...
Note – 2024-09-05 15:52
The walk into Siete Lagunas a couple of days ago involved passing two small hidden lakes, rarely visited by other humans. Laguna Prado Negro and another further north which doesn't have a name. It sho...
Note – 2024-07-12 13:54
Benvenuti a Treviso, Italia 🤣 Treviso airport - thunderstorms in the Dolomites to the north
Note – 2024-06-04 16:12
Our Crux Raid single skin, 4 season tent is a bit of a tight fit for 2 people, but is so easy to put up and the most reliable mountain companion. Not the best for expeditions where space on bad days w...
Note – 2024-04-18 18:24
Today I've been hiking round the quiet, arab-influenced villages of La Taha before crossing the ancient bridge over the Rio Trevelez, ascending the gorge via the old pack horse trail and then dropping...
Note – 2024-03-04 18:53
Visited the quaint, medieval town of Santillana del Mar today in Cantabria. The town is famous for its three lies ... 1. It's not by the Sea! 2. It's not flat! 3. It's definitely not saintly!
Note – 2024-01-30 17:57
A memory from 2016. One of those stormy days when the blizzards don't allow you to leave your tent. You end up doing selfies! 🤣😆🤣
Note – 2023-12-04 08:13
I've read a lot about the early polar explorers, Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton etc. One that passed me by until recently was Douglas Mawson. "This Accursed Land" tells how Mawson declined to join Scott'...
Note – 2023-10-16 10:09
@[email protected] I believe so too. When I first went to the Patagonian Icecap in 2006, we had no gadgets, just compass and map. In fact the only published map was 1:250000, far too big, so I ma...
Note – 2023-10-15 14:50
Great Explorers: H. W. Tilman 'As a dedicated technophobe, I’ve always felt a certain kinship with the English explorer H.W. Tilman (1898-1977), who would have thrown a GPS into the trash, assuming he...
Note – 2023-09-24 20:38
@andrewbriscoe I've used on expedition to Patagonian Icecap. Wonderfully warm and comfortable. Worth the money. Only problem I had was puncture here in the Sierra Nevada but that was my fault for not...