Simon Ingram

Stamford

Words+pics. Ex-UK editor @NatGeo, @Trailmagazine. Bylines inc @Guardian @theTimes @Ernestjournal @empiremagazine. Books @HarperCollins. Opinions own, or nicked

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Articles

Inside the death zone: Why Everest is so dangerous

1 week ago | livefortheoutdoors.com | Simon Ingram

Above 8000 metres, the human body starts to die. We explore every way in which the worlds tallest mountain tries to kill you. Mount Everest is the highest peak on Earth. It's beautiful, magical, and it’s also one of the most hostile environments a human being can enter. Above 8000 metres lies the notorious death zone, a realm so lacking in oxygen that the human body begins to slowly shut down.
Fancy climbing Mount Everest? You'll have to overcome some of these obstacles along the way

3 weeks ago | livefortheoutdoors.com | Simon Ingram

Fancy climbing the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest? You'll have to overcome some of these obstacles on your way to the summitEverest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet, with the north side of the peak occupying the latter and the south the former.
Climbing Snowdon – your expert guide to the highest mountain in Wales

Feb 26, 2025 | livefortheoutdoors.com | Oli Reed |Ben Weeks |Simon Ingram

Discover everything you need to know about climbing Yr Wyddfa with advice on everything from picking the right route to finding the best pub for a post-walk pintSnowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is the highest mountain in Wales and one of the most popular peaks in the world. Our expert guide tells you everything you need to know about climbing the 1,085m peak – including route advice, safety tips, and the best gear to take with you. It feels like everyone you know has been up Snowdon.
Sabia que as “poções de bruxa” foram pensadas para curar os amaldiçoados? Veja a história por trás das lendas

Oct 27, 2024 | flipboard.com | Simon Ingram
‘Witch bottles‘ filled with nails and teeth were once thought to heal the cursed

Sep 23, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Simon Ingram

The bottle was shorter and stouter than a wine bottle, with a slender neck, a jug handle, and a pale, reptilian skin pattern. Unlike the other pottery fragments, this bottle was fully intact, catching the eye of Ellen Crozier, a vice principal at a U.K.-based private school, in 2021. Excavated in 2004 from a 17th-century privy under Rochester Independent College, the bottle had been forgotten until Crozier’s discovery. “Someone joked it might be a witch bottle,” she says.
The unspoilt North Yorkshire village packed with charm

Aug 26, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Simon Ingram

I’d been curious about Staithes (most rhyme it with bathes, but older locals pronounce it “Steers”, like ears) for years before I finally made it to the village just up the coast from Whitby. I’d bought the book of a Yorkshire photographer and he’d captured a shot from above Staithes, in the winter. Clearly this wasn’t Salcombe: the sea beyond the harbour and whitened rooftops had an altogether flintier demeanour.
The secret English ‘island’ that was once an atomic nerve centre

Jul 31, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Simon Ingram

You expect the air to crackle at Orford Ness — this Suffolk “island” of military secrets is where atomic bomb technology and experimental radar were put through their paces for decades. But the noise that erupts all around as I step off the jetty onto the island is still a surprise. It isn’t some iffy radioactive signature lingering in the hedgerows though, it’s insects: bush crickets, sizzling Geiger counter-like from the reeds.
The Long, Strange Story of How Indiana Jones Got His Hat

Jul 2, 2023 | msn.com | Simon Ingram

Pick your moment: That opening shot against the jungle-mountain skyline of the Peruvian jungle. The shadow thrown up the wall of a Nepalese drinking den. The figure stark against a burning Egyptian sunset. The silhouette in all these scenes—all from 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, the movie that introduced Indiana Jones as anti-hero par excellence—belongs to Harrison Ford. But the star, indisputably, is his hat.
The Long, Strange Story of How Indiana Jones Got His Hat

Jul 2, 2023 | msn.com | Simon Ingram

Pick your moment: That opening shot against the jungle-mountain skyline of the Peruvian jungle. The shadow thrown up the wall of a Nepalese drinking den. The figure stark against a burning Egyptian sunset. The silhouette in all these scenes—all from 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, the movie that introduced Indiana Jones as anti-hero par excellence—belongs to Harrison Ford. But the star, indisputably, is his hat.
The Long, Strange Story of How Indiana Jones Got His Hat

Jun 30, 2023 | townandcountrymag.com | Simon Ingram

Pick your moment: That opening shot against the jungle-mountain skyline of the Peruvian jungle. The shadow thrown up the wall of a Nepalese drinking den. The figure stark against a burning Egyptian sunset. The silhouette in all these scenes—all from 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, the movie that introduced Indiana Jones as anti-hero par excellence—belongs to Harrison Ford. But the star, indisputably, is his hat.