Memories of Blizzards
Blizzards, snowdrifts, gales, frostbite, snow blindness, buried tents, floods, hardship, cold, sleepless nights. It must be summer then in deepest Patagonia.
Tag: expeditions
Trips to the wild and windswept Patagonian Icefield
A summary of our expeditions to the Southern Patagonian Icefields
Debilitating effects of Snowblindness, a personal experience
My own personal experience of the effects of becoming snow blind, after a tough time on the Patagonian Icecap
Patagonian Icecap Expedition 2016
The expedition was beset by unsettled weather and enforced route changes due to unseasonal warm weather.
Expedition Trip Report Patagonian Icecap November 2014
Trip report, personal thoughts and recommendations after this years expedition to the Patagonian Icecap
The Kamchatka Expedition Part 6 - Last few days in Russia
Autumn is arriving here in Spain and another expedition is fast approaching so I thought it's about time I finished this Kamchatka blog before the Patagonia expedition arrives.
The Kamchatka Expedition Part 5 - The escape and a very long bus ride
It's now summer in Andalucia and the heat of August has made me decide it's time to venture back to the freezer known as Kamchatka to cool myself down and try and get this story finished.
The Kamchatka Expedition Part 4 - Deteriorating weather
Here we are onto part 4 of the expedition to ski in Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Expedition Part 3 - Waiting for a weather window at base camp
A lot of what is written in these Kamchatka Expedition trip reports has been taken from the notes and diary I kept.
The Kamchatka Expedition part 2 - Leaving Klyuchi and emergency camp
This report from our Kamchatka expedition is mostly photos as I think they can tell the story much better than myself.
The Kamchatka Expedition Part 1 - Getting there
As most of you are aware a year ago we left to go on an expedition to Kamchatka to attempt to ski and snowboard the highest active volcano in Eurasia
Lounging at the Altar of the Patagonian Mountain Gods
It’s a tough trek to the Cirque de los Altares in Patagonia. The outcome is never certain. Raging rivers, complex moraines, huge glaciers and of course the constant battering from the prevailing westerly winds provide the main obstacles.
The next adventure - A land far, far away with fire breathing mountains
Kamchatka is somewhere I heard about many, many, many years ago, saw some photos and thought wow I'd love to go there. Little did I know that one day I would get the opportunity.
Oh, Patagonia, to leave you we shall weep!
Poem by Michelle Wright about her time spent on our 2011 Southern Patagonian Icecap Expedition
White-throated Caracara in Patagonia
Thought you might like to see one of the characters I met whilst in Patagonia recently. Its a White-throated Caracara (phalcoboenus albogularis).
The Videos from our 2010 Patagonia Expedition
Ok here we go, the long awaited video from our trip. Hope you dont get too bored! Patagonian Expedition 2010
Surviving Patagonia 2010
We have to keep going, we are beyond the point of no return and safety lies ahead of us not behind us. Non of us have ever experienced anything like the 36 hours that that we lived through.
Two contrasting videos from our trip to Patagonia!
Blizzards, snowdrifts, gales, frostbite, snowblindness, buried tents, floods, hardship, cold, sleepless nights. It must be summer then in deepest Patagonia.
Patagonia 2010 has arrived
Well the day has nearly arrived for us to leave to one of the windiest wildest places on earth, yes Patagonia. But it is one of the most beautiful places on this planet ive ever seen, it is worth the hardship you endure to be there.
Patagonia Icefield Expedition Diary 2006
Report from Jane Fields on her experiences on the Patagonian Icefield Expedition in 2006