EXCITING SUMMIT
Aug 18, 2021
4 minutes
Words: James Forrest
It’s the sport of climbing mountains, but it’s far more than just hill walking. With a dizzying dose of danger, adrenaline and adventure, whether you’re scrambling a knife-edge ridge, donning crampons for a winter ascent, or bagging a high-altitude summit abroad, mountaineering is your chance to play intrepid explorer.
“High in the mountains, you’ll experience life on the edge”
Professional mountaineering guide Adrian Trendall is a big believer in the body-boosting, head-clearing power of places on high
As well as being a mountaineering guide, Trendall is a photographer and author of guidebook›Skye's Cuillin Ridge Traverse. Based on the Isle of Skye, he has summited the Inaccessible Pinnacle – one of the UK’s most iconic
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