https://www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk/whats-on?vieweventdetails&eventid=1092&event=Everest-East-Side-Story-with-Stephen-Venables EVEREST EAST SIDE STORY King’s Lynn Festival “One hundred years after George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappeared near the top of Everest, Stephen Venables, the first British climber to reach the world’s highest summit without supplementary oxygen, will recount … Continue reading
In September 2024 Skip Novak and I will be leading another expedition to the Salvesen Range in South Georgia, travelling on Vinson of Antarctica. That expedition is now fully booked. However, I am please to announce two further expeditions: January … Continue reading
It was a treat to return to Korea to receive the Ulsan-Ulju World Mountain Culture Award. My wife Rosie and I attended a lot of banquets, listened to a number of speeches but best of all was a glorious autumn … Continue reading
It’s always nice to have an excuse to return to Oxford and on January 29 I am taking part in this year’s TEDx conference at the Town Hall. My talk is entitled ‘Everest and Beyond’. https://tickets.tedxoxford.co.uk/index.php/event/tedxoxford-conference-2022/ … Continue reading
After many postponements caused by you-know-what, my new stage tour is finally going ahead in the spring. It will be a fairly breathless romp through expedition highlights of the last 30 years, ranging from the Himalaya, to the Alps, Africa … Continue reading
Delighted to be giving my talk about the three highest peaks of Africa – Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and Mt Stanley for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. January 19 at 19.30. Tickets here (free for students and under 18s) https://www.rsgs.org/Event/stephen-venables-africas-three-highest-peaks … Continue reading
VENABLES NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2018 I returned recently from another excellent voyage to the Antarctic Peninsula. Despite unusually high temperatures (the sea temperature was up to 4ºc instead of the usual 1º or so) we found some good powder snow skiing … Continue reading
December 31, 2017. Looking forward to starting 2018 with my annual trip south for skiing at the seaside – again aboard Pelagic Australis, and this time heading with eight ski-mountaineers to the Antarctic Peninsula. Skip Novak and I will be leading another … Continue reading
Greetings from Scotland and thanks to Danny Carden for his wonderful shot of Edmond and me climbing in Glen Torridon last weekend. I’m hoping to fit in a lot more climbs over the summer, juggling next month with all … Continue reading
Still buzzing from a great evening with a great audience at the Rheged Centre, I am pleased to announce a special 25th anniversary talk at the Lighthouse Centre in Poole, on October 4. https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/whats-on/2017/stephen-venables/ My subject will be the 1992 … Continue reading
