We join Wales and British & Irish Lions legend Jonathan ‘Foxy’ Davies for one of the most iconic treks on the planet

The last surviving member of the 1953 Everest team ...

NEPAL IS FAMED FOR ITS HIGH-ALTITUDE TREKKING ROUTES, DRAWING ADVENTURERS TO SCALE THE SOARING PEAKS OF EVEREST AND ANNAPURNA — BUT FOR THOSE SEEKING A DEEPER CONNECTION TO LOCAL LIFE, HOMESTAYS INVITE VISITORS INTO THE FAMILY FOLD

Today, down jackets built for K2 are worn on the school run and premium waterproofs pop up in pubs. In their photo book, Max Leonard and Henry Iddon track down hard-as-nails but unheralded mountaineers and the fabric innovators who put them safely – and sometimes even stylishly – on summits to ask how we got here

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.

Peak problem? Trail trouble? Ask Juls...