Ascending Mount Elbrus

The Caucasus mountains are climbing skyward in a tectonic crumble between the seas. Among them Elbrus, the highest. What do you need to know about Elbrus? It is: • 5,642m tall (18,510ft) • Located in the western Caucasus – within the geographic Europe • One of the seven summits... read more »

Cold, silence and solitude

In the summer of 1967 a guy halts his steps in a field in Wiltshire, retraces his steps the way he came for a few yards – then turns back. He repeats this to-ing and fro-ing for a while. At some point he steps... read more »