Between 10 and 18 February 1980, Roger Mear and I climbed the North Face of the Eiger, a climb every mountaineer wants to have done but...

The risky business of entering book competitions, channelling the recent Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.

Steve Bell reflects on a 300ft fall in the French Alps forty-five years ago. The fall gave him plenty of time to think.

The 25th anniversary of completing the Seven Summits, and the anniversary of a death that could have been prevented.

At this time of year, I’m often asked how I feel about the Everest circus. If you’re one of those inquisitors I apologise if I seemed...

Breathe like a Sherpa Nearly every Himalayan climber knows what it's like to be overtaken by a Sherpa. You’re feeling strong and going...

Metaphors, it is said, should grow like fruit from a tree. I like the organic nature of this metaphor for metaphors, for the best...