Over Christmas, Andy Kirkpatrick summited a new route on Ulvetanna, a formidable 2,930m mountain in eastern Antarctica. During the ascent, Andy had to train the Norwegian team of a skier, two base jumpers, a sports and ice climber, and a camerawoman in big walling techniques. We caught up with him to find out more. Read more »
Italian Hans Kammerlander and American Jordan Romero have both achieved personal dreams, Kammerlander becoming the first to climb all the second highest summits on each of the continents, while Romero became the youngest "Seven Summiteer". Read more »
The first stage of seasickness is thinking you are going to die. The second stage is wishing you were actually dead. I was close to the second, crammed into a tiny bunk at the front of the boat, catching airtime on every wave. Grimacing into the ceiling a couple of inches above my nose, my stomach churned as my mind whirled. What was I doing here? Would I never learn? One thing was for sure: I was never sailing again. Read more »
A seven-man expedition from the Alpine Club, organized by the experienced Antarctic traveller Phil Wickens, has picked off six first ascents on the Antarctic Peninsula, including what may have been the highest unclimbed peak on the northern mainland of the Peninsula. Read more »
One of the biggest unclimbed objectives on the Antarctic Peninsula recently fell to experienced French alpinists and world travellers, Mathieu Cortial, Lionel Daudet and Patrick Wagnon. Read more »
Skip Novak and Caradoc 'Crag' Jones, operating from Novak's yacht Pelagic Australis, have made the first ascent of Ashley on the island of South Georgia. Read more »
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