A Guinness World Record..!
It’s not often you get to be a Guinness World Record Holder..! My part in the Worlds Highest Marathon attempt has been officially recognised and im the proud holder of a record.
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The Run Ultra Podcast…
Recently, world record breaking athlete Sara Storey and myself were interviewed for the RunUltra Podcast. We’d both been part of the World Highest Marathon team on Ojos Del Salado in Chile. Sara had completed the marathon, whilst I gave support across the event.
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A day of eating, drinking and trying to relax followed, before we loaded up after dark, and headed back to Tejos.
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It’s not often you’re asked ‘would you like to take part in the world’s highest altitude marathon..?’ Paul Gurney had created BecomingX in 2019 and I was interviewed about my life changing accident on Denali only a year or so later. We’d first met on the North side of Elbrus in 2012, and had become good friends. Paul creates many exceptional expeditions, and in January 2026, I was heading to Chile to attempt something very special.
Read More »Ojos Del Salado – The Worlds Highest Marathon Part 1…Love Letters to the Mountains…
I adore Mountaineering and I adore Writing. Inspired by a meeting at the Kendal Mountain Festival, I’ve written a number of Love Letters to some of the Mountains I’ve climbed over the past 30 years. They’re a varied selection of peaks spanning the Himalayas, Africa, Asia, The Arctic and Europe.
I hope you enjoy them…
Becoming X at Mosimann’s…
On June 14th 2018, I’ll be speaking at Mosimann’s in London in support of the charity ‘Becoming X‘.Read More »Becoming X at Mosimann’s…
2017 – Quality not Quantity…
The end of 2017 is upon us, and it’s easy to look back and think that not much exciting happened. It was just another year, like the one before and like the one to come. Thankfully I write diaries and looking back, 2017 has certainly been packed with life experiences.
Becoming X…
Photograph courtesy of Mike Lawn and Becoming X
‘Its not what you know, but who you know’ is a phrase that has long appeared in the English language. Recently I was invited to be involved in a new and exciting charity called ‘Becoming X‘, which hopes to motivate, inspire and help people across the world, all because of someone I know…
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Travelling Friends and the Otter Trail…
Years ago I said that I would only ever visit a place once, unless it impressed the hell out of me. Well, I’ve grown to love South Africa, and moreover I have a wonderful friend there – Sibusiso Vilane. I spoke about friendship in my last blog and how the mountains have a way of bonding people together, and so it was that Sibusiso and I met back in 2006…Read More »Travelling Friends and the Otter Trail…