Even if you spend 40-odd hours a week working and eight a day sleeping, there's still a lot of life left to live. Mine is centred around mountains and photography, and especially climbing, walking, fell running, skiing and wildlife. After all, as Amelia Earhart once said, "adventure is worthwhile in itself".

Climbing

Climbing for more than 25 years, on six continents. Few places beat the British sea cliffs, but Peru, Alaska, Russia, New Zealand, Utah, the Alps, the Karakoram and Kenya all come close!

As they said at the time "anything to get out of lectures!" (Wraith, Pembroke; photo Jon Wright )	Ullu Auz Bashi in the Caucasus, followed by the 2nd British ascent of the Mummery Spur on Dych Tau - 108 years after the first and twice as slow! (photo Robert Durran, on an ACG/AC Greater Ranges Meet)
1st ascent of Eroica (Mt Hunter, Alaska), with Jonathan Preston	The Kor-Ingalls route on Moab's 400-foot castleton Tower, with Bob Dawson

Walking

From the Alps to Annapurna, and Corsica to Colorado, but mostly on the British fells.

After nine days on the GR20 we emerged on the 11th of September to find that "civilisation" had just changed

Fell running

Mainly with Ilkley Harriers.

12th in the Welsh 1000 metres, finishing on top of Snowdon.	Muddied and bloodied, after a wipe out at the Long Mynd.
Jack Bloor race, on Ilkley Moor (photo Chris Ambler)

Ski touring

Mainly with the Eagle Ski Club, in Europe and Canada.

Descending from A'Chailleach and Carn Sgulain in Scotland	Above Zermatt (photo Oli Sherman)

Wildlife

Scarlet Ibis, Trinidad's national bird
A camouflaged Tailed Flambeau (can you spot it? Its top surface is bright orange!), near Edith Falls Trinidad.	Dusky dolphins (Kaikoura, New Zealand)