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Across the Andes by Horse | Jasper Winn
As we crested the highest hills and looked west to the distant Andes the wind snapped and banged at our hat brims, and tugged our horses’ manes and tails straight out to the side
Bloodless Mountaineering | Anthony Toole | United Kingdom, Scottish Highlands, Glencoe
Known as The Lost Valley, this is where the cattle-thieving clans of Glencoe used to hide the proceeds of their raids. It was also where the Macdonalds sought refuge following the massacre of 1692
Chamtastic | Alf Alderson | France, French Alps, Chamonix
It takes quite a feat of the imagination to believe people have climbed, skied, boarded and paraglided off pretty much every summit you see
Discovering the Missed Hills of your Youth | Anthony Toole | United Kingdom, Lake District, Cumbrian fells
When I first discovered the Cumbrian fells, in my early teens, I soon became obsessed by peak-bagging. I would venture out under any conditions to add just one more hill to my growing list
Karakoram Highway: The High Road to China | John Borthwick
A brief night in this crumbling, colonnaded ghost is a fitting start for a Karakoram Highway journey, from Pakistan to China, that's much about seeing time - both cultural and geological - in rewind
Manimahesh and Kugti Pass | Amar Grover | India, Himachal Pradesh, Kailash
Shiva's headquarters are said to lie high and aloof amidst the mighty Himalaya, yet I was bound for his branch office
RV in the Rockies | Alf Alderson
Trucker’s cap? Check. Country music cd? Check. Chewing tobacco? Hey, enough already – you can go too far with the American road trip thing
Royal Trek to Bhutan’s Most Sacred Summit | Martin Li | Bhutan, Bhutan, Paro
Towering poles of Bhuddist prayer flags and chortens (stone monuments containing religious relics and sometimes prayer wheels) speckle colour and texture over a landscape otherwise dominated by the thundering river and forests of blue pine.
The Canadian Rockies | Brendan Sainsbury | Canada, Alberta, Banff
Glacier-capped mountains, sapphire lakes and enough pine-scented forest to fill a country the size of Switzerland
The Dolomites | James Henderson
For someone who has always been a fan of high alpine meadows - their lushness, their gemutlichkeit, and of course childhood memories of Julie Andrews turning circle in a dirndl
Through Forests of Cedar, Along the Green River | Ben Mallalieu | Japan, Chubu, Takayama
A remote mountain city experiencing a modest population growth after the Second World War, and cult headquarters, Takayama has managed to retain some of that classical Japan mystique
Trekking to Kala Pattar | John Borthwick
Glancing above the dark eaves of the monastery I see an extraordinary sight, a pantheon of Himalayan mountain gods - Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Kangtega and Thamserku - huddled in conference