Proposed commission: “My first high-altitude trek”

What we want: a first-person account (800–1,200 words) of a first trek above 3,000 metres, including what you got wrong and what your guide taught you. The story should have one clear setting, one specific moment and one human encounter.

What we need from the contributor: a true story; photographs you own, with permission to publish; a short trip recap (route and dates, duration, how you acclimatised, budget range with currency and date, one thing you wish you had known).

Rights: the contributor retains copyright; we ask for permission to publish and archive with credit. We will show the edited text before publication.

To contribute, write to us via the contact page — and please do not send invented or composite stories.