The month of July is not a good month for hiking in our region. The weather this year has been windy and hot already and it’s extremely dangerous to be in the mountains at this time. However, what...
Hiking and Climbing
Hiking: A Week in Musandam
Staycations are more and more popular now. A staycation is where you actually choose to spend your holiday time closer to home. Nowhere is a staycation more suitable than the Arabian Peninsula and...
Mount Everest – North East Ridge, June
This is part three following my climb to the summit of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Part one was written a month ago before I left from Dubai and in part two we spent many weeks...
Hiking: Navigating Without a Compass
Words By: Sean James Navigation should be easy. In fact it is. When you’re not lost, navigating is the easiest thing in the world. However when you’re lost that is probably when you need your...
Snowshoeing in the Alps
Words By: Tati Coco Snowshoeing is a sport that everybody can do. If you think that winter sports are not for you, you are wrong. Snowshoeing is a really accessible sport to everyone and you will...
Who is Mingma? A story of the Sherpas: Part Two
Words By: Sean James This is part two of the Sherpas tale. Last month we looked at who the Sherpas are and why they are so important in climbing expeditions to the big mountains. This month we...
April in Kathmandu
Words By: Sean James This is a blog that will follow my climb to the summit of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, over the next few months. There are also live radio broadcasts from...
Why You Should Hire a Guide
Words By: Sean James Believe it or not there is a science and a lot of research behind tourism and the tourist industry. Nice beaches, hiking trails, the position of hotels, tour operators and the...
Children, Hiking and the Outdoors
Words By: Sean James Why don’t you…? This was the title of a television programme in the 1980s in the UK. The full title was “Why don’t you switch off your television set and go and do something...
Wonderful Wilderness: The Geology of the UAE
Words By: Dan Wright I have always had a love for Geology which was inspired by my father and mother taking my brother and Iout into the hills of Gloucestershire at weekends to collect fossils and...