Articles


A selection of published work. All articles are copyrighted and should not be reproduced without permission. In addition to the examples below Ash has written over 400 articles for ExplorersWeb, which you can find here.

  • Therm-a-Rest Polar Ranger -20 Sleeping Bag Review

  • Northwest Passage Kayakers Face National Parks Charges

  • Guinness World Records Have Become a Problem for the Adventure Community

  • Seven of The Best Arctic Destinations To Explore

  • New To Outdoor Adventure In Britain

  • In-Depth Review: Motorola Defy Satellite Link

  • In Antarctica, Any Claim Goes

  • A Climber Left $50,000 On The Top Of Everest

  • How a Book on a Historic Polar Expedition Kick-Started a New Life of Adventure

  • Polish Adventurer Andrzej Bargiel Makes The First Ski Descent Of K2

  • Extreme Ridge-Running: The Sport’s New Zenith — Or A Risky, Instagram-fuelled Craze?

  • British Mountaineer In 'Climb Of Generation

  • Reinhold Messner - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

  • Exclusive: Borge Ousland on Crossing the Arctic Ocean

  • Book Review: The Earth Beneath My Feet

  • Exploration Mysteries: John Glenn and the ‘Fireflies’ in Space

  • Exclusive Interview: Nirmal Purja

  • Book Review: On Sacred Ground

  • How Climbers Are Driven To New Heights

  • Meet The Dudes Who Walked 2200 Kilometres Through The Arctic, Alone

  • Maurice Wilson – Everest's Most Peculiar Casualty

  • A Conversation with Luke Smithwick: The Most Prolific Himalayan Climber You’ve Never Heard Of

  • Great Expeditions: Dead Men Walking

  • Adventure Photography Gear: What Do the Pros Use?

  • "Death, Carnage, Chaos": Analysing the 2019 Himalayan Climbing Season

  • Timeline For: Last Great Antarctic ‘First’ Finally Falls

  • Simon Yates - Beyond the Margins

  • My Final Mountain

  • Seven Lonely Days - The Rescue of Alexander Gukov