Mountaineering - The Climbing Essays

• Hiraeth for Ahwahnee, The Climbers Club Journal, 1975

  An account of an early ascent of the North West Face of Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley

• Further thoughts on the expedition climbing game, The Canadian Alpine Journal 1980

  A reflection of the death of my friend Ben Beattie on Nanda Devi

• Zen in the Art of Climbing, The Climbers Club Journal, 1982

  An initial attempt to make some sense of why we climb

• Volcano Climbing in Ecuador, The Canadian Alpine Journal 1983

  An account of climbing Cotopaxi and failing to summit on Chimborazo

• Professor Falls, The Climbers Club Journal, 1984

  Ice climbing in the Rockies

• Kusum Kanguru, a lightweight expedition, Alpine Journal 1985

  A new route done alpine style in the Khumbu, Nepal

• Descending Peak Lenin, Alpine Journal 1991/92

  My wife Marloes and I attempted to climb Peak Lenin alpine style in 1986; this is the story of our descent

• The Boardman - Tasker Award, 2003

  My speech as Chair of the Judges when we gave the prize to Simon Mawer for The Fall

• A message from advance base camp on the north side of Mt Everest, April 2004

  The email message I sent following our descent from Everest North Col

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