Tag: mountains

Only those who climb the highest hills

23 June 2021

Only those who climb the highest hill, descend the deepest cave or travel the furthest land will be able to see the greatest wonders and feel the achievement. For everyone else, there's Instagram. — Alum Pot is one of the most magical places of the underground. A huge open air shaft, filled with greenery and […]

First glimpse of the Cuillin Ridge on Skye

11 April 2019

I Skye with my little eye, the Cuillin ridge! When I first visited the Isle of Skye, I was blown away by the huge rocky mountains rose out of moorland right by the sea. It was bigger, spikier and more rugged than anywhere I'd been before. My first trip was my first of many and […]

Be Passionate and Determined

26 July 2014

This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge Be Passionate and Determined? I can think of three things that embody this: Scouting access for an unclimbed Mountain in Kyrgzystan: Undocumented location, undocumented transport logistics, undocumented passport logistics, undocumented human logistics (who? language? make friends with them?) With only 10 days to […]

Hiking Epic Rap : The Background

9 June 2014

So you've seen the Epic Hiking Rap, and now you want the background? Are you serious or is this a joke? I'll leave you to apply Poe's Law. Where did this start? For years, the University of Manchester Hiking Club had a tradition where a specific longstanding club member would write and present a poem […]

Winter hiking: Now and then.

31 July 2013

When I first started winter hiking, I always took something to speed up my descent: For me, a high speed sledge descent was the only thing that made it worth it: These days, rather than taking devices to speed up my descent. I take devices to slow down my descent, or at least, make it […]

A photostory: Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from Langdale

23 July 2013

A walk up The Band to Bowfell via Climbers Traverse, then Crinkle Crags via Bad Step, descending back to Dungeon Ghyll. We parked at the National Trust car park at the Old Dungeon Ghyll. More about The Lake District on Wikivoyage. I shot with a Canon 5D mkII with a 50mm f1.8. All photos are […]

British Muzkol Expedition Departs for Tajikistan: Unclimbed Peaks Await

20 July 2013

Two local mountaineers from Greater Manchester, left this afternoon to attempt to summit an unclimbed 6000m peak in a remote area of Tajikistan. Jonathan "Jonny" Davey and John "JP" Proctor flew out from Manchester this afternoon bound for Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan – one of the former USSR republics of central Asian, starting a […]

#ChallengeTim: Climb Something High

28 July 2012

A few weeks ago as part of my ongoing campaign to challenge myself, I walked to the Mount Toubkal. At 4,167 m, it's the highest Mountain in Morocco, and, in fact, North Africa. At 4000 metres, it's a good deal higher than the next highest thing I've climbed – Ben Nevis (1344 metres) – the […]

UMHC Helvellyn via Striding Edge 2011

27 September 2011

This weekend with UMHC I walked up Helvellyn via Striding Edge. I've done it before several times, once with my parents when I was 8 or something, and once, this summer, with a Hiking club friend, when we backpacked over Helvellyn in beautiful sunshine. It was a bit different this time.. the rain didn't get […]