Mick Conefrey: Fallen – George Mallory | Podcast May 2, 2024May 2, 2024John D Burns It is almost 100 years since climbers, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine, vanished into the clouds high on Mount Everest and were never [...]
Mick Conefrey: The Last Great Mountain Looking at the incredible challenges and hardships faced be the early pioneers amongst the greatest mountains of the Earth I feel nothing less [...]
Mike Trueman: The Storms Listen to Mike Trueman talking about his desperate struggle to save lives after disaster on Everest. Mike is an ex-soldier and adventurer and [...]
Outside In: Robert Mads Anderson Robert Mads Anderson is an elite mountaineer with a solitary goal: to conquer Everest. After nearly getting killed on his first expedition, he [...]
Outside In: Matt Dickinson Matt Dickinson is an award-winning writer and film maker with a passion for climbing and adventure. During his film making career he has [...]
OI 7 Steps from Snowdon to Everest On this episode I’ll be talking about Mark Horrell’s book in which he describes his amazing feat of climbing Everest. All the more [...]
Everest – the great mystery July 17, 2018July 17, 2018John D Burns In 1924 George Mallory and Sandy Irvine vanished on their attempt to climb Mount Everest creating the greatest mystery in the history of [...]
Mallory in Buxton -Radio Derby January 20, 2015johndburns 1 This Saturday I’ll be bringing my one-man play about George Mallory to Buxton Pavilion Arts centre. A Night on Everest, organised by [...]
The Strangest Mile In the World August 4, 2014johndburns 2 There are many odd places you can walk but in August of every year there is no mile odder than Edinburgh’s Royal [...]
Soggy Edinburgh Fringe photo blog August 2, 2014John D Burns They tell me it won’t rain for the whole of August but I’m not sure, the Edinburgh skies look fit to burst to [...]