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Mark Horrell

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For many years Mark Horrell has been writing what has been described as one of the most credible Everest opinion blogs out there. He writes about trekking and mountaineering from the often silent perspective of the commercial client.

For nearly 20 years he has been exploring the world’s greater mountain ranges and keeping a diary of his travels. As a writer he strives to do for mountain history what Bill Bryson did for long-distance hiking.

Several of his expedition diaries are available from the major online bookstores. He has published two full-length books: Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest (2015), about his ten-year journey from hill walker to Everest climber, and Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo (2019), about an expedition to cycle and cl ...more

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One upon a time there was a man who climbed both summits of Mera Peak and narrated an audiobook about it

A couple of weeks ago, my wife dropped a bombshell.

It’s not what you’re thinking. Edita is currently working in Haiti on a humanitarian mission, which means that we’re waking up each morning separated by a five-hour time difference. I understand that there isn’t much to do in Haiti on an evening, and earlier this month, Edita let slip that she’s been passing the time by listening to my last audiob

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	Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest: A hill walker's journey to the top of the world 4.24 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chomolungma Diaries: Climbing Mount Everest with a commercial expedition 3.95 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan 3.76 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Everest Politics Show: Sorrow and strife on the world’s highest mountain 3.89 avg rating — 151 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Manaslu Adventure: Three hapless friends try to climb a big mountain 4.02 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Denali Nights: A commercial expedition to climb Mt McKinley's West Buttress (Footsteps on the Mountain travel diaries Book 20) 3.75 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islands in the Snow: A journey to explore Nepal’s trekking peaks 3.89 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Footsteps of Mallory: A journey to the North Col of Everest (Footsteps on the Mountain travel diaries Book 1) 3.97 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baruntse Adventure: In the footsteps of Hillary across East Nepal 3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The True Peruvian Route: An ascent of Aconcagua, South America's highest mountain (Footsteps on the Mountain travel diaries Book 14) 3.78 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Entertainment was provided in the form of comical spelling mistakes like cheese noddles, string roll, chocolate cak and, my favourite, chicken bugger. Some even had hot showers, which involved standing naked under a bucket of lukewarm water in an outhouse across the yard, singing loudly because the door had no lock.”
― Mark Horrell, Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest: A hill walker's journey to the top of the world

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“It wasn’t the most elegant climbing technique, and for anyone watching from below it probably looked like I was trying to mount an elephant seal,”
― Mark Horrell, Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest: A hill walker's journey to the top of the world

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“I shall never try to represent the ascent of Gasherbrum II as a victory over the mountain! If one may use the word victory at all when climbing an eight-thousander, then surely only in the sense that it is a victory of comradeship.49”
― Mark Horrell, Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest: A hill walker's journey to the top of the world

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