By Atlas & Boots on Jul 28, 2021 09:00 am
Gracie is a student at Johns Hopkins on one of the best medical programs in the world. She is slim, fit and active. She doesn't smoke, rarely drinks and always watches what she eats. She should have been the last person in our group to get altitude sickness symptoms and yet there she was, wide eyed and pale faced at breakfast after a restless night of nausea at the foot of Cotopaxi Volcano (3,500m). Experienced climbers know that altitude sickness doesn't discriminate. The young, fit and healthy can suffer just as easily as the old, soft and pasty, which is why everyone should be aware of the symptoms before attempting a climb or trek at height. Here's a primer to help you prepare. The post Altitude sickness symptoms and how to avoid them appeared first on Atlas & Boots.
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By Atlas & Boots on Jul 21, 2021 09:00 am
Surrounded by sea on three sides, Wales is a dream for the outdoorsy. While not as rugged as Scotland or romantically perceived like Ireland, deepest Wales is just as beguiling. Lonely corners abound on dramatic mountain passes, deep river valleys and weather-lashed cliffs. Scattered seamlessly across the natural landscape are Iron Age hill forts, Roman ruins and over 600 castles – more per capita, it's said, than any other country in the world. The post National parks in Wales: which one is right for you? appeared first on Atlas & Boots.
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By Kia on Jul 14, 2021 09:00 am
When the ArcelorMittal Orbit was foisted on the London skyline in 2012, it split opinion rather starkly. I, for my sins, thought it was quirky and interesting while Peter thought it a blight on the landscape. "It's so typically British," he said – a notion that baffled me. It was so unbritish in its haphazard, loping design: a clear contradiction of the order and tradition that defines Britain. When I told him as much, Peter explained: "I don't mean the design but the ambition. The tower is medium height, medium size, medium everything. It's half the size of the Eiffel Tower." I could see his point. When it comes to the world-class sights, Great Britain is more good than great, especially when it comes to natural wonders. We have no Grand Prismatic Spring or Grand Canyon like the US, or Niagara Falls and Lake Superior like Canada, or a vast Red Centre and the Great Barrier Reef like Australia, our close cousins in the west. The post 20 (typically modest) natural wonders in the UK appeared first on Atlas & Boots.
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By Atlas & Boots on Jul 07, 2021 11:00 am
There's no denying it: Vaseem Khan is an overachiever. Born and raised in Newham (one of the UK's most deprived areas), Vaseem went on to study at the London School of Economics, one of the best universities in the world. He spent a decade on the subcontinent setting up a chain of high-end hotels before returning to the UK to write The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, the first of a best-selling series of crime novels featuring Ashwin Chopra, a fastidious Mumbai Inspector, and his one-year-old elephant, Baby Ganesh. The post The travel that changed me: Vaseem Khan appeared first on Atlas & Boots.
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