In the mid-morning, with our friends and a few climbing heroes shoulder to shoulder, we walked down an endless dirt lane, shirts ruffled by the warm sea breeze. As I wiped the beads of sweat from my...
Travel & Adventure
The Elbrus Letters: Episode 1
Day 1 - From London to Terskol As is the case with most of my trips with Rahhalah Explorers, I signed up for the Mt. Elbrus expedition without a second thought. Instead of pausing to grasp the...
Bhutan, The Last Himalayan Kingdom: Snowman Trek
Several years ago I was lucky enough to be able to organise and successfully complete an expedition to Bhutan called "Bhutan, The Last Himalayan Kingdom", which focused on the Snowman Trek. It was a...
Elbrus: Lessons from Mary Poppins and Mother Nature
One thing Elbrus has in common with every other mountain in the world is the unpredictable and dangerous weather. Last year’s trip gave us a good initiation to the speed at which weather can change...
Test Your Might: Brown Trout on Fly
I have been lucky enough to tick off a couple of bucket list items lately and when I got given the opportunity to fish the River Test, I jumped at it with both hand and feet. I had been chatting...
RocTrip, Geyikbayiri, Turkey – Base Camp 8
Time started to catch up to us. After one month on the road – the Woodstock Roctrip – the climbing, the party, the constant travel and long drives – our energy levels were waning. Yet, with our...
Down the Range: The Festive Calgary Stampede
Eight seconds - the longest and most difficult eight seconds imaginable; sitting atop a 900kg animal, using only a single hand with a braided rope to hold the rider in position. A hush falls over...
The Honey Badger Diaries – Special Episode: What’s in the Car?
Transportation has changed the world in a tremendous way in that it has made contact with other countries much easier and it has made getting from point A to B much faster. But for the outdoor...
Following Footsteps in Africa
He held up his hand and we all stopped. We saw nothing, heard even less, but our guide knew better. With barely a whisper he told us to stay where we were, and he carefully stepped forward, avoiding...
The Quest for a Tarpon on Fly
Growing up as a kid, we would get American magazines like Sport Fishing Mag, Fly Fishing in Salt Waters, etc every now and then, these were treated like gold dust and they would be so well read and...