Would you like the chance to spend a day on the hills with Everest mountaineers Kenton Cool and Lakpa Rita Sherpa? If so, don’t miss your chance to enter the BMC’s latest outdoor competition. Four lucky winners will make their way to the Lake District on October 23 where they will join Kenton and Lakpa (along with the Sherpa Adventure …
Cosmic radiation on Everest
Scottish climber Bob Kerr will present his research on cosmic radiation to a group of scientists next year after an expedition to Mount Everest saw him collect readings to measure increasing radiation dose rates at high altitude. It is known that doses of cosmic radiation increase at high altitudes due to the thinning of the atmosphere. Through the collection of …
Steck and Schäli make speed ascents in the Alps
Swiss speed climber Ueli Steck and alpinist Roger Schäli made impressively fast ascents of the Alps’ most challenging peaks last month, with Steck completing a traverse of Mont Blanc while Schali tackled the Jungfrau Marathon. Ueli began the Peuterey Integral traverse in mid-August shortly after arriving in the Chamonix Valley. Said to be the hardest route of its kind in …
First ever Triple Seven Summits completed
Austrian climber Christian Stangl has become the first person to complete the Triple Seven Summits – a challenge requiring him to climb the three highest mountains on every continent. The 47-year-old began seriously bagging peaks in 2008, and with the exception of Ojos del Salado, which he tackled back in 1996, all 21 summits were reached in a period of …
Unclimbed peak named after watch brand
Thanks to the success of The Silk Road: Tajikistan Expedition 2013 – British watchmakers Christopher Ward have become the first company in the world to have a mountain named after them. Led by 20-year-old Struan Chisholm, the expedition saw six climbers scale a previously unclimbed 17,000ft peak in Central Asia’s Pamir Range, naming it Mount Christopher Ward after their lead …
New Matterhorn speed record
Spanish mountain runner Kilian Jornet has recently set a new speed record for the ascent and descent of the Matterhorn. The 25-year-old completed a round trip of the 4476m peak in just 2hrs, 52mins, 2secs – knocking 22 minutes off the previous record. Setting off from the village of Cervinia in the Valle d’Aosta region of northwest Italy, Jornet climbed …
Scottish Adventurer tackles South American 3 Peaks
Scottish Adventurer Ricky Munday has laid down his latest challenge – The South American 3 Peaks, which requires him to scale the three highest mountains in Argentina’s High Andes. Munday, 36, will lead an international team on a 38-day expedition to the high plateau of the Puna de Atacama in Northern Argentina this December, while a training expedition to climb …
Cicerone release new Inca Trails guide
Outdoor publisher Cicerone have recently released a new guidebook detailing hiking trails across Peru’s Sacred Valley. The book, Hiking and Biking Peru’s Inca Trails, describes 40 routes, some previously unpublished, taking in the major Incan sites of Cusco, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Vilcabamba and the region circling 6,384m high Mt. Ausangate. Seven different treks to reach Machu Picchu are also listed, including …
Trek & Mountain readers head for Elbrus
The second Trek & Mountain Reader Expedition – to climb Mount Elbrus in Russia – has begun, with the team flying out from London Heathrow to Moscow, and onto Mineralyne Vody on Thurs 9th August. The expedition, sponsored by Berghaus and organised by Adventure Alternative, aims to complete a north-south traverse of Europe’s highest peak. This, the most challenging way …
Stricter guidelines set for Everest expeditions
Climbers on expedition to Mount Everest will face tighter regulations as of next year, when Nepalese government officials are to be stationed on base camp. The decision follows the conflict faced by mountaineers Ueli Steck and Simone Moro earlier this year, when the pair were attacked by a group of Sherpas after allegedly triggering an ice fall at 24,500ft. Precautions …