We drove for hours across a dusty and barren landscape which made up the Indus Valley. Our minibus was headed for Alchi Monastery a few hours up river and deeper into the Ladakh countryside. The Monastery consists of a small collection of monastic temples dating from between A.D.958 and 1055. Continue reading “Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 2 – Alchi Monastery”
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Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 1 – Arrival in Ladakh
We flew into Leh on the first day of our adventure aboard a very early morning flight out of Delhi. The approach to Leh airport is what could be termed interesting. 360 degrees of surrounding mountain ranges (including Stok itself), a narrow valley and a dusty ex military airstrip to try to land on. It was a sick bags out and hold onto the seat of your pants kind of a landing! Continue reading “Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 1 – Arrival in Ladakh”
The Jebel Toubkal Adventure
Due south of the 1000-year-old pink walled city of Marrakech, the Atlas Mountains rise to a commanding 4000 metres and include the famous Mount Toubkal (4167m), the highest peak in North Africa and my target for this little expedition.
The planned trek & summit route
Reached after a two hour drive across the Moroccan plains on the back of an overnight in Marrakech my adventure really begins with a strenuous five hour hike up to the Neltner Refuge (Base Camp) which at just over 3200m is strategically placed for a good summit bid the following day. Continue reading “The Jebel Toubkal Adventure”
Something more important than fear!
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” – Ambrose Redmoon
The late great Fredrik Ericsson ascending Laila Peak
“The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all!”
JAMES HANDLON 