Tim Macartney-Snape, the first person to climb, under his own power, from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest, is visiting the UK to give a series of lectures from late November to early December, including an appearance at the 2010 Kendal

Sea To Summit's new Ultra-Sil Water Proof Day Pack arrived in an envelope so small we'd never have guessed it had a pack of any sort in it. A pair of socks maybe. Or a Buff. Or some gloves. But a pack?Okay, it's a very simple pack, but on our scales

Just a quick heads-up on a couple of neat lightweight bagsfrom a brand we've not come across before called Sea to Summit - theco-founder of the company was Tim Macartney-Snape, the first person tomake a continuous journey on foot from sea level

snowy for May, so it's time to introduce some sunshine. Sea, sand, and sun-baked rock are the order of the day in the Calanques album. What more could you want apart from, perhaps, a bottle or three of French wine? Just don't mention the price

Take a look, the guys - volcanologists - abseiled 500 vertical metres into the Marum Volcano on Ambrym Island, the fella in the heat-proof, oven foil suit - not to be confused with The Naturist - is metres from the edge of a sea of boiling lava

If you've ever reached the summit of, say Ben Nevis, on animprobrably cloud-free day to be confronted with a sea of namelesspeaks, you'll understand just where Summit Maps are comingfrom. They're a series of three Munto Summit Identification

theexpedition only hours after successfully reaching the summit when amember of the support team died in an abseiling accident whiledescending an adjacent mountain.British Climbers Ben Bransby (20), Gareth Parry(27), Matt Dickinson (29) and Ian Parnell (31) all

'mountain climber' and 'a climber' – note that the general media classes pretty much anyone who falls from a mountain as 'a climber' – Adam apparently fell around 1,000 feet from a point near the summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor near the Grey Corries

Scottish couple is hoping to becomethe first UK married couple to summit Everest - see this article.Phil and Pauline Sanderson of Grantown-on-Spey are attempting themountain from the Tibetan side. Pauline has cycled to Base Camp fromthe Dead Sea in Jordan

the ascent to the summit lateon expecting the cafe, which has now been demolished, to be open. Asit transpired it didn't really matter since they were benightedbefore reaching the summit.They used a mobile phone to call for help at 10pm and a Sea