Steve Holmes was brought up in Lancashire but has been living in Scotland since 2001. After a short career in the Royal Marines Steve spent three years in the security industry, most notably two of these were in the Middle East providing close protection for US personnel. Originally a dedicated hill walker he has spent many years amongst the hills of the Lake District and North Wales before testing his metal in the mountains of Scotland. Rock and winter climbing has quickly become an obsession and trips to the European Alps, Africa and Nepal have now became a common affair for Steve many of which he has been appointed expedition leader. Steve is the expedition leader for the Informa Lunag Expedition 2011. You can contact him about the expedition at:
steve@verticalfever.co.uk
Well it’s been a rollercoaster ride for me. This year I have guided fourteen National 3 Peaks Challenges, weeks working on Skye including completing the full traverse, numerous days mountaineering in the highlands, over forty mutipitch rock climbs in the mountains, countless days building up strength on single pitch crags, guided a friend attempting all [...]
Read More...Its been a dissappointing and truly frustrating few days for the team. As always the weather has made its mark and as a result of the persistant ‘heat wave’ we have decided to abandon base camp. The plan was to move back toward Chuule to try a first acsent of a huge rock wall but once [...]
Read More...Back at base camp, had a good look at the Lunags towards Nangpa La but the ground and distance to attempt anything that far north is improbable. After a rest day today the most appealing route is a couloir leading upto Lunag 4 but this will require a few days freezing temperatures. In the mean [...]
Read More...We are at base camp drinking mint and lemon tea in glorious surroundings, all we can hear echoing around the glacier is ‘Alright bro’. Today we walked up high to take a look at the virgin peaks of the Lunag range. Our initial impression of the SE spur is that it looks a little spicy [...]
Read More...This is my first and final post for some time as I will rely on our eight explorers to keep everyone up to date with the trek to and from Base Camp. Once they have left Base Camp either Neil, Matt or I will keep you up to date with how the attempt at the [...]
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