Over the last week, we’ve been speaking to some of the young women who are heading off to the Himalayas this spring to attempt Everest, and today we chat to the young woman who’s already been there and done it, Bonita Norris. Bonita came to prominence after summiting Everest in 2010 at the age of 22, and has since climbed …
Kilimanjaro Marangu Route
The Marangu is the traditional route up Kili, and has its own advantages and disadvantages… The Marangu Route is the oldest trail and has always been a very popular route. It is also the only ascent trail where camping is not necessary – indeed not allowed – with trekkers sleeping in dormitory huts along the way (which makes it the …
Win! A pair of Teva Raith Mid eVent walking boots
With spring firmly sprung, and the hills beckoning, what better time to get kitted out with a brand new pair of lightweight hiking boots to head off to the mountains in? Well, enter this week’s TrekandMountain.com competition and you could be the proud owner of a spanking new pair of Teva Raith Mid eVent boots, worth £110! The nice folks …
Girls of Everest, part 3
Over the last few days we’ve been featuring some of the young British women heading to the Himalayas this season to attempt to climb Everest, and today we speak to the most ambitious of them all, 18-year old Leanna Shuttleworth. Leanna will be attempting this April to become the first woman ever to summit two 8000m peaks in 24 hours, …
Girls of Everest, part 2
This week we’re featuring some of the young women who are hoping to make their names on Everest this year, and after we spoke to Becky Bellworthy yesterday, it’s time to speak to 21-year old Mollie Hughes, who is leaving for Nepal at the end of this month. So what inspired Mollie to want to climb Everest? “I’ve been hooked …
Girls of Everest, part 1
This spring sees an unprecedented number of young, British females attempting to climb and break records on Everest. Over the next few days, we will be talking to three of the young women in question, and also getting some comments from the girl whose record they are trying to break, T&M’s own Bonita Norris. We start with 20-year old Beck …
Signed Everest paintings auctioned for charity
A 25-strong team from St. James’s Place Wealth Management will be trekking to Everest Base Camp in early April, raising funds for their Company Foundation, which has so far made grants in excess of £20 million over the last 20 years. As part of the fund-raising efforts, an Aberdeenshire-based artist, Peter Goodfellow, was commissioned to paint two paintings of Everest, …
'Lost World' success for Houlding team
Leading British adventurer Leo Houlding has just returned from a successful expedition to the depths of the Amazonian jungle in Venezuela. Houlding, along with his close knit team of climbers and local fixers, and expedition film maker Alastair Lee, took on the complex and ambitious journey to make a first ascent on Cerro Autana (1400m), one of the Amazon’s most …
New website for explorers
“There’s an explorer in all of us,” says Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and the brains behind new website Explorers Connect are hoping to provide a forum and meeting place for adventure-minded people everywhere. The site is the brainchild of television director Belinda Kirk, who also holds a Guinness world record as part of the first all-women crew to row unaided around …
Mammut's new year-round boot
Mammut have announced a new boot that is suitable for year-round walking, scrambling and via ferrata use. The Mt Centry and Mt Centrina (women’s version) use a combination of nubuck and synthetic leather as well as Dropstop textile to achieve a very tough boot. The boots are rated B1 which means they should have enough flex to allow the wearer …