First woman to summit everest

Mum of four and near-legendary mountaineer, Nikol Kovalchuk is redefining what’s possible – one peak at a time

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YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

As an occultist, novelist, painter, poet and magician, Aleister Crowley was notorious as a master of the dark arts. He’s less well known for his short but pioneering climbing career.

Jazz Turner reflects on her recent record-setting around Britain voyage and her decision to turn down a hospice bed and ‘get out into the English Channel and turn right’

Sometimes, whether down to judgement or pure bad luck, things go wrong. We gathered a team of experts and asked them to tell us about a time the proverbial hit the fan – and how they escaped.