CLIMBS ETC

Cratcliffe Tor. Two sheer-sided prows and, on the deck above, a Zen garden of boulders.

Bosigran Ridge gives you spectacular climbing journey from the crashing sea to a succession of spiky places high above.

A wild swim high on the Fiz. A remote, intriguing hut-to-hut hike. Oh! And the flowers... Lac d'Anterne, the ramparts of the Fiz behind A...

That is the question... Climbing La Somone and La Directe Lachenal Not a bad view of Mont Blanc from the Brévent cable car It's an easy...

A trip to the Aravis. A summer signpost to our future. No snow, no ice, no crampons. Just rock. No widening crevasses, no routes falling...

Nanjizal and the Song of the Sea... The sands shift around our coasts. Shapes on our beaches can change from one tide to the next. The...

Swallow your pride. Begin again. Yes, well. Here's a place to get back into climbing after two years of lockdowns and other...

First climb of the Andean "Claw". One of the magnificent sights to enjoy on the Inca Trail is the summit of Pumasillo and the wide jumble...

The Ramsbottom Variation. Heading out over Swirral Edge. Imagine, you have a chance to fit in a climb. You are at the end of a glorious...

I was thinking about how when I was 19 years old I hiked with my brother to the edge of Venezuela's Gran Sabana and climbed Mount...

An unrelenting trudge. Dozens of people in front and behind. Crunching through frozen snow in the dark. Your head-torch lights up patches...

This fellow is 5,600m up on the Khardong pass in Ladakh. He is seated on a dzo. It is about 1925. What draws him here? "The sight of...

Once more, we did the February meet at the Black Sail YHA hut. If you read on you will find a cautionary tale about what not to do in the...

To many practised rock aficionados the Southwest Face of the Dent is a bit of a cheat because the spectacular Burgener slabs have a line...

This is a spectacular traverse which is around an hour's walk from the top of the lift, the Skyway Monte Bianco.You have to pull yourself...