'The chill of the mountain. The roar of rock music.' Ever Rest, finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards books2read.com/everrest #mountains #everest #audiobook

I can't believe ExWeb have fallen for this old chestnut. Oh well, if they can polish an old turd, here's a version of this story I wrote in 2015, which I can assure you is much closer to the truth 🚽 markhorrell.com/blog/2015/brea…

It's the #Everest silly announcement season again. In his post this year @alan_arnette has even included a handy chart of silly announcements over the years for media outlets to pick and mix for their next article alanarnette.com/blog/2024/02/1…

New post: The 8 best books about #Everest written in the English language📚 markhorrell.com/blog/2024/the-…

Tired of the doom-scroll? This is how to find the kinder, more uplifting side of the internet theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New post - Ladakh’s Markha Valley Trek: the videos markhorrell.com/blog/2024/lada… 📽️

No jokes about singing bowls 🥣 Seriously though, at an altitude of 1,317m, are there any higher test cricket grounds than Dharamsala, and what are the chances of Mark Wood bowling at 100mph? 🏏

STOP PRESS: It turns out that the luxury of using helicopters to carry luxuries to Everest Base Camp instead of yaks is a luxury that outfitters can't do without explorersweb.com/everest-khumbu… 🚁 🐮

At long last, a guidebook to cycling Scotland’s North Coast 500 🚲 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 markhorrell.com/blog/2024/at-l…

Interesting list here in Stephen Venables' book Painted Mountains - mountaineers who have dropped things...

New post - Dzo Jongo East and Dzo Jongo West: the videos 🎥 markhorrell.com/blog/2024/dzo-…

Cricket season starts and Gloucestershire's ground is still underwater. 🏏 There will be a lot of ducks this year. theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

New post: Walking the Preseli Hills and Pembrokeshire Coast markhorrell.com/blog/2024/walk…

It wasn't me. I prefer Double Gloucester 🧀 😳 southwalesargus.co.uk/news/24268293.…

‘I am not a typo’ campaign calls on tech firms to fix the issue of wrongly autocorrected names theguardian.com/technology/art… Jeremy Hunt is believed to be a high profile supporter