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 the tempting delights at the Edinburgh Festival.
FORTHCOMING LECTURES
If you live in or near Dorset, please tell people about a talk I am doing at The Lighthouse in Poole on October 4, marking the 25th anniversary of my lucky escape from Panch Chuli, the subject of A Slender Thread.
Also in the autumn, a special fundrasing event for the number one mountain literary prize, the Boardman Tasker Award. Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Opera House, October 17. It is going to be a great evening, with speakers including two former winners of the prize – Andy Cave and me!
I am also putting together a tour for February 2018. Newcastle is likely to feature amongst other English venues. Definite bookings in Scotland include Locheldy Centre on February 9 and Birnam Arts Centre on February 13.
DIGGING WITH VENABLES EXPEDITIONS TO ANTARCTICA
I am looking forward hugely to our January 2018 expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula. That trip is full. However, I am planning another Antarctic trip aboard Pelagic Australis for January 2019. Please contact me if you – or anyone you know – might be tempted.
Skip Novak and I have also now firmed up plans for South Georgia 2018. As usual, we hope to entice a small group of ski mountaineers to do some quite serious stuff, in addition to a support team not less committed to mountaineering. We board Pelagic Australis in the Falklands on 8 September 2018 and return 13 October 2018. Full prospectus attached below for anyone tempted. (This is a low resolution PDF. If you would like to see the pictures in sharper focus please let me know and I will send a higher resolution version).
With very best wishes for the rest of your summer. Or winter!
Stephen