Heavy breathing and the crunch of loose rubble underfoot filled the empty alpine air as we made our last steps before reaching our ultimate destination, Everest Base Camp. It was here, among the rugged mess of...

2017, what a year!! This year Paddy Pallin's humble little blog has strived to give you an entertaining & educational mix of inspirational destinations, camping, adventure photography & hiking tips...

In May 2016, I joined a trek in Nepal that consisted of 27 days trekking and mountaineering with a group of like minded adventurers. I enjoyed the idea of the journey, starting each day walking and seeing...

A guide to Adventures, Equipment & Survival Nepal, Tibet or Bhutan are amongst the most rewarding places in the world to experience breathtaking landscapes of untamed mountain ranges, enormous valleys and...

Picking up where Part 1 left off. Our little encampment occupied a nice quiet spot at the top of the meadow, with unobstructed views of the imposing face above. This would be home for the next two weeks, so...

This was it, after six months of researching, planning, training, trekking & acclimatisation; I was finally at the pointy end. The temperature was easily below -20 degrees Celsius, but the wind & spin...

Suddenly the bus came to a halt. Peering out the window I could see nothing but dense cloud beyond the edge of the rough unsealed mountain road we were traveling along. Up in front there were shouts exchanged...

Both my wife and I had been to Bali before but we decided to have a week off and spend it in Ubud in the hills of Bali about 1 ½ hours from Denpasar. In the back of my mind I had thoughts to climb Mt Agung...

Mt Kun (7077m) is part of a massif known as Nun Kun, in the Zanskar Mountains of Northen India. Nun and Kun are both just over 7000m high and stand out as some of the highest peaks in the region, not far from...

I’m not going to lie, I’m probably the least capable person to be reviewing outdoor wear and hiking products. Before this trek came up the only trekking I had done was walking over a few headlands in...