With six weeks to go before my Broad Peak attempt, there were still a few gear items untested in snow. A long weekend was coming […]
Broad Peak day 4: travel to Askole
It was easy to get our permits apparently. it took hours instead of days which meant we could leave Skardu a day earlier, making up […]
Arrival in Islamabad
We arrived! But it wasn’t easy. My trip started with a cancellation of my train due to personnel shortage. Following a detour I got an […]
Hoher Dachstein
Sometimes the most beautiful things are just around the corner, and you don’t realise it. ‘Around the corner’ in this case means, the distance between […]
Being all by yourself, close to Mount Everest’s summit, higher than anyone has ever been before…
I guess ‘George Mallory’ and ‘Edmund Hillary’ are the common names that pop up when one describes the climbing history of Everest. For me though, […]
Crazy and tiring pit stop at Dome de La Lauze
Sometimes there is a unique opportunity to do an activity and last week I saw one of them. My task: to bring a car to […]
Olympus Mons: Climbing the Highest Mountain in the Solar System
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to climb the highest planetary mountain in the Solar System. Located on Mars, this 25 km / […]
Kilimanjaro: getting a root canal treatment in Africa
Before I even thought about taking mountaineering seriously, I already had the desire to climb Kilimanjaro. To see the melting glaciers on top, to use […]
Penguins and Slippery Conditions during an Antarctic Climb
It is 4 in the morning when the zodiac boat hits the black sand of Bailey Head’s beach. The beach belongs to a small island […]