Alaska as an expedition destination: glaciers, salmon rivers and wilderness without paths Where there are no paths, the river becomes the route. On glacier crossings, braided salmon rivers, bears and why packrafting came of age here. Destinations
Crossing the Greenland ice sheet: thirty days with a pulka through an empty landscape Thirty days through a landscape with nothing in it: no rock, no animal, no horizon. On the pulka, the wind rolling off the ice sheet, and what emptiness does to a person. Destinations
Spitsbergen as an expedition destination: fjords, tundra and the midnight sun at 78 degrees north No tree, no path, no night and no top spot in the food chain. What ten days at 78 degrees north really means, and why packrafts make the difference. Destinations
Mount Vinson as an expedition destination: the highest summit in Antarctica Technically Mount Vinson is not the hardest mountain. What makes it Xtreme is that no one comes if it goes wrong. On Union Glacier, the cold and the waiting. Destinations
The Khumbu as an expedition destination: a six thousander in sight of Everest The Khumbu is not empty wilderness but an inhabited high mountain valley. On Sherpa culture, why you go in autumn and what a first six thousander asks of you. Destinations
Aconcagua as an expedition destination: 6,961 metres, wind and nineteen days of patience The highest summit outside Asia asks for no climbing technique but for patience and resistance to wind. On the Vacas valley, the viento blanco and why people turn back. Destinations
Mont Blanc as an expedition destination: 4,808 metres with crampons, rope and ice axe The only destination where you genuinely need alpine technique. On glacier terrain, why the weather window decides everything, and why turning back is part of the craft. Destinations
The High Atlas as an expedition destination: Toubkal, Amazigh villages and the edge of the Sahara Three hours by plane lies a four thousand metre range separating the Atlantic coast from the Sahara. On Toubkal, the valleys below it and why October. Destinations
Kilimanjaro as an expedition destination: five climate zones on one mountain You set off in rainforest and stand on an arctic summit a week later. Why Kilimanjaro is not a walk, and why slower groups reach the top more often. Destinations
Chimborazo as an expedition destination: the point on earth furthest from its core On the equator the earth is thicker. That puts the summit of this Ecuadorian volcano further from the core than Everest. On altitude, páramo and acclimatisation. Destinations
The French Ardennes as an expedition destination: what three days close to home can and cannot do Three hours from Brussels lies a densely wooded valley where you meet no one. What three days there actually give you, and what, honestly, they do not. Destinations
The Scottish Highlands as an expedition destination: glens, lochs and the right to walk anywhere In Scotland you have a legal right to walk and camp anywhere. That changes everything about what an expedition can be. On the glens, the lochs, the weather and why April. Destinations