Cocuy Sniffing in Colombia: Walking one of South America's classic treks    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 16370 words. Language: British English. Published on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell sets out to trek and climb in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, an area which was previously a stronghold of drug funded guerrillas who would have regarded a climber, especially a foreign one, as easy ransom money. What he finds is a green and pleasant land of mountains, lakes and glaciers which belie Colombia's reputation as a den of terrorism. This is the diary of his journey.

Virgin Conquests: First Ascents in Ladakh    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 18290 words. Language: British English. Published on March 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell sets out with a new group of companions from Leh in northern India, near the banks of the Indus and surrounded by mountains, across the Khardung La, to spend two weeks trekking in a remote valley near the Pakistani border. His objective is to explore the region and find an unclimbed Himalayan peak to climb. This is the diary of his journey.

The Tomb of Chewang Nima: An expedition to climb Baruntse in Eastern Nepal    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 28600 words. Language: British English. Published on March 12, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
One of the pros of climbing in Nepal is that it's possible to have great experiences just trekking to the foot of a mountain, before even starting to climb it. But it had been an unlucky year in the Himalayas for many climbers, and Mark Horrell arrived to climb Baruntse just days after it had claimed the life of one of the greatest of all Sherpas. This is the diary of his expedition.

Snowshoes and Shipton: Climbing Muztag Ata in the Chinese Pamirs    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 27300 words. Language: British English. Published on March 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
The great mountain explorer Eric Shipton failed to reach the summit of Muztag Ata, vomited from exhaustion on the way down and arrived back with frostbite. Undeterred by Shipton's failure, Mark Horrell thought he'd have a go at the mountain himself. Despite its gentle appearance, it reaches an impressive height of 7546m, higher than he'd ever climbed before. This is the diary of his adventure.

Islands in the Snow: Climbing Nepal's trekking peaks    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 28990 words. Language: British English. Published on March 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Two friends set out on a trek in the Khumbu region of Nepal which involved climbing two trekking peaks - Mera Peak and Island Peak - and crossing the difficult Amphu Labtse pass. One of them had climbed Mera in 2004, and the other had climbed Island in 2005, but neither of them had done both or crossed the Amphu Labtse. This is the diary of their journey.

Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8000 metre peak circus in Pakistan's Karakoram mountains    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 53210 words. Language: British English. Published on December 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
This is the tale of Mark Horrell's not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan; of how one man's boredom and frustration is conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence. But that's enough about his attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them.

The Ascent of Manaslu: Climbing the world's eighth highest mountain    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 37020 words. Language: British English. Published on December 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell sets out to climb Manaslu with regular climbing partners Mark and Ian in Autumn 2011. A more luckless trio of wannabe mountaineers would be hard to find. Between them they had made no fewer than eight attempts to climb an 8000 metre peak without success. Would it be any different this time? This is the story of their expedition.

Volcanic Activity: Climbing Mexico's volcanoes    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 13250 words. Language: British English. Published on December 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Many people don't know that it's possible to go mountaineering in Mexico, on a chain of volcanoes dotting the central plateau for 100km from Mexico City to Orizaba. The mountains are few and far between, with a great sense of space at the summit, and views to the far horizon. This is the story of Mark Horrell's journey in Mexico's Cordillera Neovolcanica.

In the Footsteps of Whymper: Climbing Ecuador's volcanoes    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 17460 words. Language: British English. Published on December 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
This is the story of Mark Horrell's journey in the highlands of Ecuador following in the footsteps of the Victorian mountaineer Edward Whymper, who is best-known for making the very first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. In 1879 he made first ascents of nearly all of Ecuador's highest mountains, and Mark was determined to find out more by climbing some of them himself.

The True Peruvian Route: An ascent of Aconcagua, South America's highest mountain    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 15920 words. Language: British English. Published on December 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell was privileged to climb Aconcagua with a man who had climbed the mountain more times than any other, and who had discovered one of its main routes. It soon became clear that you don't get a record like that unless you really care about getting to the top every time you set foot on the mountain. This is the story of their climb.