The race to the top of the world

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On the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, Robin Ashcro

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BBC History Magazine

11 May, 2023

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The great white yonder

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Trail notes

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

The Great Outdoors

The great white yonder

Alex Roddie takes his snowshoes from Scotland to the Austrian Tyrol – and finds out just how far he can push them

The Great Outdoors

Holyhead mountain

Jim Perrin pens a paean to a famous place of threshold for climbers, equally beloved of coastal walkers: the cliffs of Gogarth and Holyhead

The Great Outdoors

Wild winter wainwrights

Trail

The city of seven summits

Urban exploration at its peak: Trail sets out to knock off an epic round in Britain’s most mountainous city.

The Great Outdoors

Changing states

Minus 16 degrees on the back of Britain’s ...

Trail

Trail notes

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

The race to the top of the world

BBC History Magazine

11 May, 2023

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