If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?.

Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phi….

Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousander….

Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be d….

In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before any big climb. You must say to yo….

History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise..

Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads..

Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition..

At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance..