Tomaz Humar during his solo ascent of Dhaulagiri, Nepal, in 1999. Photograph: Bojan Brecelj/© Corbis Sygma In the summer of 1988, the Slovenian mountaineer Tomaž Humar, who has died in a climbing accident in Nepal aged 40, was a Yugoslavian soldier ...
Britain's mountains have been busier than usual this autumn. The continuing recession and some decent weather has been drawing the crowds. Why go abroad, when it's far cheaper to nip up to Wales or the Lake District? But that increase means some ...
A spate of deaths at holy sites in the Himalayas has prompted warnings from medical experts that governments are not doing enough to warn pilgrims of the dangers of high altitude. More than 20 pilgrims from India have died in the past two weeks during ...
'I am in hell," Rosa tells me, as she is lowered by a rope down the cliff face, "and I hold you personally responsible." This isn't what a parent wants to hear on holiday, even if she is - mostly - joking. At least she's not bored. "Don't worry," I ...
I had been behind the high steel fence surrounding the complex to cover the wedding of Gyanendra's daughter six years ago. But I hadn't been allowed inside. Instead, I drank sweet milk tea from plastic cups and marvelled at the baroque sight of South ...
In July 1954, the leader of the Italian expedition to K2, in the Himalayas, diminutive geographer called Ardito Desio, sent a note up the mountain to his beleaguered climbers. "Remember," the note concluded, "if you succeed in scaling the peak, the ...
Camping crazy ... sales of camping equipment were up 40% last summer. Photograph: David Stoecklein/CORBIS For those who grew up camping and never really gave it much thought, this rush of interest causes mixed feelings. There's the temptation to smile ...
Couple at the beach wrapped in a blanket. Photograph: Bloomimage/Corbis All the great authorities on romance (Cosmopolitan, Jane Seymour, taxi drivers) conclude that spontaneity is key. In this busy age, however, most of us can really only find time ...
The British government seems happy to save works of art; shouldn't it care about beautiful countryside just as much? Longstone Edge near Bakewell in the Peak District National Park Photograph: DonMcPhee Imagine some prankster cut a hole in the £50m ...
Ed Douglas: There are plenty of reasons why K2 is so much more demanding than Everest, and why it is so ...
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