35 articles tagged with mountain hiking
If you'd told me back in my Liverpool bus-driving days that I'd one day be tramping through Mexican jungles at 64, I'd have thought you'd had one too many at the pub. Yet here I am, sweat pouring down my...
The first time I stood beneath the imposing silhouette of El Ávila, I felt that familiar tug of curiosity that has pulled me toward mountains across five continents. This massive green guardian of Caracas rises like a verdant wall between...
When my manufacturing firm sent me to Zurich for a week-long conference last summer, I immediately spotted the opportunity to extend my stay and fulfill a long-standing dream: hiking the legendary Eiger Trail in Grindelwald. As someone who's built a...
Standing at the trailhead of Tiger Leaping Gorge, I felt that familiar pre-match tension I used to experience before covering international cricket finals. Only this time, the stadium was one of nature's most spectacular formations—a 16-kilometer-long gorge carved by the...
If there's one thing I've learned from 35 years behind the wheel of a bus, it's that the real magic of any place isn't found on the main tourist drags. It's up in those winding roads, where the air gets...