by Paula Goude | May 29, 2023 | Beginners, Challenges, Challenges, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Guided Walks, Hiking, Kit, Kit, Mountaineering, Y3P, Y3P
The forecast is for warm weather. You carefully open the tent door and look outside. Yes! The sky is blue, there’s barely a cloud to be seen, it’s going to be a great day for an Adventure. By mid morning things are starting to heat up. It’s...
by Paula Goude | Aug 13, 2018 | Hiking, Hiking routes, Mountaineering, Walking routes
Distance: 7 miles Suggested hiking time: 5hrs Start / finish: Ogwen Cottage, Gwynedd, Wales This is a deceptively hard day but well worth it for the photo opportunities! Leave your car at Ogwen Cottage and head behind the buildings and around the east side 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...
