Month: December 2017
Climbing Ben Nevis in December
December 29, 2017
Climbing Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain, is always an adventure, but climbing Ben Nevis in winter is definitely an epic. 1350 metres of ascent and then the same back down again. It may not sound much, but the weather conditions make it a real challenge.
A Moroccan Christmas Miracle
December 12, 2017
If ever there is a bad time for your car not to start. Surely, it has to be when you are getting in it before dawn to drive to the airport. In Morocco, though, there is a solution to every problem. This one was my own little Christmas Miracle.
Hiking under the Volcano
December 3, 2017
Misty mountain mornings and bright, hot, sunny days. I spent a week of hiking under the shadow of a dormant but rumbling volcano, Mount Teide, on the island of Tenerife.