International travels, expeditions, hiking and trekking exploits overseas.
Mendoza in northern Argentina is famous for two things. One is the very good Malbec wine that the region produces. Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside of the Himalaya region, is in the Parque Provincial Aconcagua. I choose the hike to Plaza de Mulas which is the base camp for anyone wishing to climb the mountain. …
The Palatinate Region in the South West of Germany is designated a Nature Park, and along with an adjacent area of Vosges Mountains in France was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere reserve in 1998. When Maria and Mike invited me to visit and hike in the area I gladly accepted. We camped in Dahn and spent three …
I started at Strathcarron a few minutes after the main group. That was a good thing. No one knew I made a “navigation error” in the first 300 meters and ended up in someone’s front yard. A quick backtrack and I was on my way to Montrose, or so I thought! After Achintee it was …
Annapurna is one of the 17 mountains over 8,000 meters in the Himalayan mountain range in Nepal. At 8,091 Meters it is the 10th highest peak in the world. It was first climbed in 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. Annapurna has the greatest fatality rate of all of the mountains over 8,000 meters. …
When the TGO Magazine published the entry forms for the TGO 2017 I was planning another hike and did not enter. When this was delayed by 6 months I was left with 2 weeks in May free. Scotland is one of my favourite hiking destinations so I returned for a short walk. The plan was …
The Zeilsdorfs are a Canadian Family who have made Scotland their home for the past eight years and have invested a lot of their time and hard earned money into refurbishing and operating Laggan Stores and Coffee Bothy in Laggan, Scotland. This is the only such place for miles around and is a place of …
