Travels With a Camera - Peak Images

Gear that worked (or didn’t!) on Shackleton’s Traverse – cooking and eating

2012-01-24T14:12:55Z

At the end of a mountaineering trip (especially one as remote and challenging as the Shackleton Traverse) it’s always a good idea to consider what worked and what didn’t. This post looks at how well some of the cooking gear and food we used on the expedition worked. Also in the series – [...]

Gear that worked (or didn’t) on Shackleton’s Traverse – camping and sleeping

2012-01-22T14:16:50Z

At the end of a mountaineering trip (especially one as remote and challenging as the Shackleton Traverse) it’s always a good idea to consider what worked and what didn’t. This post looks at how well some of the camping and sleeping gear we used on the expedition worked.

Camping and sleeping

The NorthFace [...]

Image from the Trident Col, South Georgia

2012-01-20T17:36:05Z

This shot was taken from the Trident Col during a break in the clouds shortly before we set off back down the Murray Snowfield to head for Possession Bay.

At 7:20am, it was fairly late in the morning (even without our early wake-up call from the wind, on [...]

Frosty conditions in the Peak District

2012-01-15T00:08:42Z

Just a quick post about a wonderful afternoon exploring an unknown bit of the Peak District near Buxton. A few years ago I recall being quite impressed with the climbing crags at Castle Naze, but had never wandered up onto Combs Moss and the moors above the A6 just north [...]

Newsletter correction: Outdoors show – out not in! Working on new book…

2012-01-12T13:45:21Z

Sadly my information about talking at the Outdoors Show was out of date in my last newsletter – it seems I’m not talking on the Cicerone stand at the Outdoors Show about Outdoors Photography after all this year. Apparently their theatre got combined with the main theatre while I was away (and totally [...]