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THE LOSS OF A GREAT MAN
By johnloguk

Like many people, especially mountaineers, I was saddened yesterday to hear about the death of Sir Edmund "Ed" Hillary. Most simply remember him as the first man to climb Mount Everest, but ther

INTERESTING STATISTICS
By johnloguk

Following my football rant in the last blog, I thought I'd better get back to more familiar territory, mountains. I recently came across these statistics, showing success and death rates for the worl

ELUSIVE SUMMITS (PART 2)
By johnloguk

After getting so close on Ramdung Peak, most of us from that trip commited ourselves to attempting another trekking peak as soon as we could get the cash together. After numerous phone calls and snatc