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Stephen Venables On Everest, Kashmir & Box Hill:-)
By Susan on 22/11/2006 09:24:39
Stephen Venables is President of the Alpine Club, author of eight books, and pioneer of new routes in the Himalayas, the Andes, and elsewhere. We caught up with him in Kendal...
Stephen Venables' reputation as a mountaineer was established when he became the first Briton to ascend Everest without oxygen, back in 1988. He's now President of the Alpine Club, author of eight books, and pioneer of numerous new routes
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The Weekly Gallery Round-Up
By Susan on 24/07/2006 15:05:28
See OM Everest summiteer's photos from the top of the planet in this week's gallery round up, and keep on top of the 'photo of the month' competition as well.
for the latest leading imag, and for new entries in the competition. They're coming thick and fast at the moment, and Eilean Donan still has Everest, Chamonix, and the good old Lakes to compete with for the best outdoors photo spot. Watch this space as we
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The Friday Matinee
By Susan on 28/09/2007 11:10:07
Icy action from high on the Himalaya - and high above it - in this week's wind-down to the weekend.
If it's Friday then it must be time for the Friday Matinee - the ultimate time-killing measure, short of changing the office clocks, to help you while away the hours until the weekend.This time we take a quick preview of the BBC2/Horizon feature
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The Month In Pics
By Susan on 12/09/2007 12:05:03
More photographic action from Annapurna, Italy and Eigg...
corner of the British Isles. Here's what they got up to. Everest Base Camp TrekSally Eathorne ranks amongst our top absentees from the UK hills at the moment. The Sally's Travels album takes in the Annapurna range as well as Everest, not to mention a
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April/May Gallery Round-Up
By Susan on 19/05/2009 20:06:35
Scottish lochs, Himalayan summits and sunny French sea cliffs ...
.Falls in Glencoe, by Chairman BillIf your budget's a little larger, you might be heading to the Himalaya in the autumn, when the trekking season starts again. Renjo La pass is in the Everest region and stands at over 5000m, so it's not a good place for anyone
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The Weekly Gallery Round-Up
By Susan on 04/09/2006 10:52:19
Find out who bagged the Bridgedale socks as August's Photographer of the Month, and see the last week's Alpine, Pyrenean, and Lakeland gallery highlights...
that refers to socks. It's not your most obvious outdoor challenge. Some want to climb the Welsh High Summits; others are more ambitious and head off to Mont Blanc, or Everest; and others ... well ... they want to find places that refer to your feet
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Top Climbing Books For A Dark Night
By Susan on 23/09/2009 19:36:20
Disasters, survival, humour, adventure, and stunning pics, all in one place ...
in The Beckoning Silence.Looking a bit further back in time, and much higher in altitude, Bonington’s Everest pulls together first-hand accounts of three major attempts on the world’s highest mountain and the OM verdict say it’s got some great photos too. Personal
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Top Climbing DVDs For Dark Nights
By Susan on 29/09/2009 21:11:41
A round-up of our favourite climbing DVDs for crag-deprived autumn evenings ...
, but we have our reasons ..Film makers looking for high drama are no strangers to infamous peaks like the Eiger, Everest, and K2. But the trouble is that their films tend to be about as realistic as ice climbing up the white cliffs of Dover
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