Stephen Venables

Mountaineer, writer and public speaker. First Briton to climb Everest without oxygen. Next trip south is to South Georgia in September 2022.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@CJWajzer Please excuse this approach from a complete stranger. I think my great-grandfather, Lipman Leopold Wajzer, moved from Poland to Coogee NSW in 1932. I just wonder if you might be a descendant of his? Stephen Venables

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

this seems to have appealed to many however the golfing lobby will doubtless stop any such sensible contribution for housing from their 1,256 sq km of England whereas all the allotments in total occupy a small fraction of that yet often considered fair game

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Iranians in the Netherlands march in support of Israel and call for the destruction of the Islamic regime.

Not a single woman in hijab or burqa, no one is masked, and no violence. These are real refugees who fled a brutal Islamist dictatorship.

Unlike fake refugees, they actually want to go back to their homeland!

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@TheIsmaili @Mirza_climb Congratulations!

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

This is making the rounds:

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@TheMaineWonk Erm, but Donald, you seem to have forgotten that WW2 was won by your friends in Russia.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Thank you @tom_mckinney for more reminders of our days in Andalucia – golden orioles today @BBCRadio3

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Who is this buffoon Zoomer?

[Andreas Koureas FRAS FRSA 🇬🇧🎗️ @AndreasKoureas_]

Firstly, Winston Churchill wasn't even in the cabinet when Germany invaded Poland.

Secondly, Nazi Germany launched its simultaneous invasions of France, Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg, all prior to Churchill becoming Prime Minister.

Thirdly, Winston Churchill spent the majority of the 1930s trying to prevent another world war, by advocating a combination of rearmament and diplomatic pressure via the league of nations.

Fourthly, Nazi Germany was diametrically opposed to the values of Western Civilisation.

And lastly, I've met @RafHM in person. He, without a shadow of a doubt, loves Great Britain - and cares about her wellbeing - infinitely more than you do.

If anything, you're the complete opposite. You're just a historically illiterate brainwashed neo-nazi.

No wonder your profile picture is anonymous, you coward.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Thank you @tom_mckinney @BBCRadio3 for choosing snipe for breakfast. That eerie whirring takes me straight to summer nights on the isle of Mingulay.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Lovely to hear the eider duck. Re avian regional accents, our Edinburgh crows definitely sound different from their English cousins. Good luck with your new job.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Still waiting for @tsohost and @123reg to refund the money they have taken from me while allowing my domain to be hacked.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@KrisAnnapurna Well done Hervé.

[🌻Sarahsecret @sarahdiaryz]

The King presents the Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal to British mountaineer and writer Stephen Venables and British Geographer Vanessa Lawrence at Buckingham Palace today

📸 Andrew Matthews

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@elonmusk “The will of the people” - such an odious fascist cliché.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Wordle in two today. Yesterday’s word was GREED. Today’s is in similar vein. Is the New York Times providing a discreet commentary?

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@SpencerProf @arealmofwonder Get better Gail.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Massive anti-Trump protest taking place outside the US Capitol building.

I certainly don’t remember Americans protesting Biden’s presidency like this. Crowd size matters, right?

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@123regHelp It’s quite simple: either unblock my website or refund me and I will find a more competent website host.

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

Still no refund from @123reg for the £100 paid for my domain during their chaotic takeover from @tsoHostHelp . They said they would contact me by email re ticket REG-1054688. Not a squeak out of them in the last ten days. My website remains blocked. @123regHelp

[Stephen Venables @Venables_S]

@123regHelp I am not sure what these instructions are but I have received no email. More to the point, surely it is up to YOU - TSO and 123reg to sort out the mess you have created?