The ‘town’ of Vysoké Tatry isn’t really a town but an amalgamation of three main settlements (Stary Smokovek, Strbske Pleso and Tatranska Lomnica) which form the main tourist resorts in…
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Trekking
Packing For Everest Base Camp: The Ultimate Packing List
April 26, 2019I remember the moment vividly. It was two weeks before we were due to depart for a once in a lifetime trip to Everest Base Camp (EBC) and we’d decided…
The Million Dollar Question: Are You Fit Enough To Reach Everest?
October 18, 2018I took myself by surprise when I capitulated to my wife’s demands and agreed to spend 2 weeks of hard-earned vacation time hiking up to the World’s highest mountain, Everest,…
It seemed as though this day had been forever in the making. I’d spent months on the gym’s stair climber trying to rid myself of my ‘extra baggage’. I’d endured…
Today’s post is written by ‘Take Photos Leave Footprints’ contributor, Ashton (a.k.a. ‘my wife’) in which she fondly recalls her recent battle with Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) on our trip…
Sirens were blaring as we weaved our way around the airport tarmac and through the morning rush hour traffic of Kathmandu. Sat in the back of the ambulance I looked…
Back in 2005 a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashed on South Inylchek glacier at Khan Tengri Base Camp high in the Tien Shan Mountain Range in Kyrgyzstan. ‘It was about to…