It is definitely a personal weakness but I'm a sucker for recommendations.  I booked a trip to Kanchenjunga after seeing a claim that t...

Pasang went round the tents with the "early morning cup of tea" at 4.30 and it was very cold. Everyone sees the cup of tea as s...

Two massive days at the end of this trek - French Col and Dhamphus Peak. We all got over the Col today but I'm totally knackered.  To ...

It's hard to exaggerate how much the temperature changes when the sunlight hits a particular spot. It's like a switch being turned...

So at 3 o'clock last night I decided that this was the last high altitude trip I was going to do. Having gone to bed at 7.30 I had b...

Despite my best efforts to convince everyone we were doomed, the news last night was good. A Sherpa and porters have been all the way to D...

For the first time in three days I'm writing a blog when it's not raining. The weather has definitely improved and the question is...

Apologies if yesterday's blog was on the gloomy side but it was miserable. Today things are more cheerful, although as I write this bl...

It's official: it's unseasonably wet in this part of Nepal.  October is supposed to be the best month for trekking in Nepal.  It...

Yet another good night's sleep with the noise of the nearby river, at times sounding like a jet engine at full throttle, proving surpr...

Yesterday's walk was all about getting used to the regime. Today's felt like the real thing. The trek has really started. Terra...

It rained on and off all night and with yesterday's weather forecast I was anticipating a day in waterproofs. Although it was damp fir...

After another horribly wet day and two bus journeys we have arrived at our first campsite and the beginning of the trek proper.  I 'm ...

The first two days in Nepal on the Dhaulagiri Circuit are all about getting to the start of the trek. As it happens, the weather has made ...

Safe and comfortable at home, in the middle of last winter, I was thinking about trips for the year ahead.  Looking back my trip to Mera ...

I've had great time  walking in 2012 but, based on current plans, next year could be even better.  I've got six trips in the diary w...