10 Dec

International Mountain Day Tuesday 11th December 2018

Ober Gabelhorn 4,063 metres & Zinalrothorn 4,221 metres, Pennine Alps, Switzerland Today marks International Mountain Day 2018 as designated by the UN. To quote their informative website: “Mountains are early indicators of climate change and as global climate continues to warm, mountain people — some of the world’s hungriest and poorest — face even...
30 Oct

Adventure at 4,000 metres

Thanks for all the donations to Justice & Care ! A month ago (28/09/16),  I had just summited the Breithorn mountain, at a height of 4,164 metres. This was a climb I had hoped to make for some months. I can report that the experience lived up to all expectations, and was exhilarating. At the same...