6 articles tagged with high altitude hiking
Standing at the foot of the world's highest peak was never on my original bucket list. But after my 45th birthday and my 10th marathon, I found myself craving a different kind of endurance challenge—one that would test not just...
The morning mist clings to the emerald slopes as I sip my tinto (Colombian black coffee) at a small roadside stand in La Calera, just outside Bogotá. The capital sprawls below, a concrete jungle nestled in a valley surrounded by...
The predawn air bit at my cheeks as I stood at the base of Tunari Mountain, its silhouette a dark sentinel against the indigo Bolivian sky. At 5,035 meters (16,519 feet), this sleeping giant has watched over Cochabamba for millennia,...
Standing at 5,364 meters above sea level, surrounded by the colossal peaks of the Himalayas, I felt the convergence of physical forces that had shaped this magnificent landscape over millennia. The journey to Everest Base Camp represents more than a...
At 64, with knees that remind me of every Liverpool bus route I've ever driven, you might wonder why I'm scrambling up Africa's second-highest peak. Simple answer: because it's bloody brilliant. Mount Kenya doesn't get the fame of its taller...
The moment my plane descended toward Quito International Airport, I knew this business trip extension was the right decision. Surrounded by a crown of volcanic peaks and nestled in a high Andean valley at 9,350 feet, Ecuador's capital presents an...
