Tom Richardson: Altitude Addiction

Conditions on the grit continue to be good, but soon you are going to need something to occupy those long dark nights...


'Altitude Addiction, Getting High on Mountains' is a Fund Raising talk from Tom Richardson. All the money is in aid of Edale Mountain Rescue Team. It takes place at Outside Cafe (Hathersage Branch), Wednesday 7th November 2007, 7.45pm. Tickets are available from all Outside stores at £3.00. For further details visit Outside. Tom is an interesting and informative speaker as well as an established authority on all things Himalaya.

After a Scottish and Alpine apprenticeship, Tom began climbing in the Himalaya in 1979. Since then he has climbed extensively around the world and has been on more trips to the Greater Ranges than his age (52years, 55trips). This includes 7 expeditions to 8000m peaks across the Himalaya and Karakoram, both leading commercial groups and climbing with friends. He describes himself as an ambitious mountaineer and his ambition is to get very, very old. His favourite trip is usually the one he has just come back from, irrespective of whether it is from a remote corner of western Mongolia or Pakistan or leading a commercial group up Mera Peak in Nepal.