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The final chapter of my Argentinian adventure. Complete with epilogue and details of summit successes. Click here for the previous part, or click here for my diary on the mountain. After some revitalisation, we had to get some of our money changed into Argentinean Pesos. Contrary to what Adventure Peaks had advised, it was the [...]

Not unusually, I’m sat here scratching my head at the minute for two reasons. The first being that I was shocked to only learn of the ‘impending’ rapture after it was supposed to have already happened, and secondly, because this must be either the second or third ‘end of the world’ epoch that I’ve survived [...]

Click here to read part 2. Landing in Madrid, I was staggered at how cold it was. Whilst I had been preparing for the fridged temperatures I was likely to encounter on the mountain, it stupidly hadn’t even occurred to me that southern Europe had a winter. I had nursed myself through Gatwick wearing just [...]

I received a lot of positive feedback from the first post about my climb of Aconcagua. However; be this lucky or not, I had always aimed to write more chapters. The initial instalment covered my time on the mountain, but as a committed cynic, the prequel to the climb including the planning, preparation and the [...]

With the rest of the world in revolt over much more instrumental disadvantages, there has been little coverage of anything else in the media. One such organisation that is probably glad of this convenient diversion is Ofcom because, in their infinite wisdom as the regulating body for UK communication industries, they have decreed that soon, [...]

Firstly I’d like apologise for the hiatus over the festive period. The reason for this has little to do with lackluster levels of concentration or the endless pursuit of the shiny bottom in the Roses tin. Unbeknownst to a lot of my online readers, I’ve been away climbing mountains in Argentina, and in an effort [...]

As I sit here writing this post, I really hope that we are on the cusp of change. Work is well underway to derail the X-Factor ‘talent’ show, Gillian McKeith has; in direct contrast to her own preaching, proved that you are what you eat, and Anne Widdecombe has demonstrated repeatedly that opinion polls can [...]

I guess that everyone at some point has had some sort of righteous outpouring of emotive dictation. It might be triggered by a debate on a particularly controversial issue or by an excess of the amber nectar, but either way, on reflection most people eventually regain a hold on reality. Previously, I’ve described my political [...]

Apart from the perplexed expression on my face upon beholding Anne Widdecombe in a figure hugging dress and clearly not respecting her age in the latest BBC vanity showcase, the most highbrow political scandal of recent weeks was news of Ed defeating his older brother to win leadership of the Labour party. Quite why there [...]

In the modern age, the internet offers an unrivaled opportunity to flaunt your ability to the world. I can already feel the echos of immature laughter and although I’m aware the internet littered with strange characters, in this instance I’m happy to clarify that ‘flaunting your ability’ is intended in the most conservative of endorsements. [...]