by Michael Goude | May 5, 2020 | Fitness, Hiking, Mountaineering
It’s hard to maintain your hill fitness when you can’t get to the hills, right? Well, not necessarily. Every client that books an expedition with RockRiver Expeditions is sent an information pack. If it’s a hill or mountain expedition...
by Michael Goude | Apr 13, 2020 | Hiking, Kit, Kit, Mountaineering, Overseas expeditions
In this blog I show what I take in my personal first aid kit when I go hiking, what I add to it when I’m leading a group, and what extras I ensure I have when I’m trekking in more remote areas of the UK and abroad. “What’s the point of...
by Michael Goude | Apr 16, 2018 | High Altitude, Hiking, Mountaineering
If you missed the previous instalments of my story to climb Mt Elbrus you can click here to read Part One (Days 1 to 4) and Part Two (Days 5 to 7) Day 8 – Saturday 2nd September. Elbrus Summit Day At a quarter past midnight the alarm clock went off. I’m...
by Michael Goude | Apr 16, 2018 | High Altitude, Hiking, Mountaineering
If you missed Part One of my journey to the summit of Elbrus (Days 1 to 4) of this blog you can find it here Setting foot on Elbrus Day 5 – Wednesday 30th August After four days in Russia and three of those spent acclimatising in the mountains, it was...
by Michael Goude | Dec 12, 2017 | Canoeing, High Altitude, Kit, Mountaineering, Navigation
It’s the 12th day of our 12 Gifts of Christmas. When I was asked what my absolute MUST HAVE piece of kit was, I have to admit I struggled. To get it down to one item? That’s really difficult. But when I thought about it some more, thought about hiking...
