Breaking the Ice on the 2014 Everest Icefall Avalanche
A visit to one of the sixteen Sherpa families who, ten years ago this month, were devastated by a deadly Everest avalanche.
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Mountains & Metaphors
The Limit of My Courage
A salute to my friend Keith Mills who 42 years ago today did something I doubt I could have done.
The unexpected consequences of giving without expectation.
A writer's round-about journey to the next rung of the ladder.
Christmas behind bars
Prisoners for life, still behind bars twenty-eight years after I took them up Everest.
A reflection on risk.
Go up, or go down? Looking back on a decision made four decades ago.
The life cycle of inspiration
A story about receiving inspiration, using it, then giving it back.
The mid-life switch.
If we’re lucky, we live long enough to hear our bodies tell us we’re past our best. It doesn’t happen overnight — even if recognition of...
The terrible twins of Hope and Fear
Steve Bell reflects on a 300ft fall in the French Alps forty-five years ago. The fall gave him plenty of time to think.
God's waiting room
God's waiting room is not a place, it's an attitude of mind.
The diary of lost words
A story of loss, karma, and the whisper of superstition.
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