With a whole lifetime of adventure, experiences and stories,
Tom is available to give talks and seminars where he brings
to life his rich and colourful memoirs. He has earned a reputation
for bringing the wonder and extremities of mountainous and wild
places to both other enthusiasts and those who only dream of it.
To enquire about a talk for your group or organisation please
contact Tom directly using this form.
Early in 2011 I was with my friend Don Gladstone at Plas Y Brenin
for a meeting. In the evening I gave a slide show and lecture
to the students about the Himalaya. As is traditional at the end I
asked of there were any questions. Two young climbers at the
front who had been studying every picture and listening to my
every word put their hands up.
The first said:
"You have done loads of trips, how do you get the sponsorship?"
I said:
"I don't. I do it the old fashioned way. I either go to work and
save up or it is my work and I get paid."
The second one then asked:
"What is your greatest mountaineering achievement?"
"That's easy," I replied, "reaching the age of 56 years of age."
(And by January 2014 - 59 years of age!)
Upcoming events:
December 2024
Returning to Nepal to climb Mera Peak and a family trek to Everest Base Camp for Christmas.
July 2024
Leading a group for KE Adventure Travel to the Hushe Valley in the Karakoram to climb Gondogoro Peak.
June 2024
Leading a group for KE Adventure Travel to K2 and Broad Peak Base Camps including overnighting at Broad Peak Base Camp.
15th February 2024
Tom delivered a presentaion to the Dunfermline Rotary Club. This sell-out event raised more than £1000 for the Rotary Club's Nepal project which is aimed at improving women's health in Nepal.
Expeditions in 2024
Tom will leading expeditions to K2 Base Camp, and to Gondogoro Peak and Hushe Valley in Karakoram.
11th November 2022
Tom will be delivering a presentaion at the Outside retail shop in Hathersage. "A mountain Higher Than Everest?" is free to the public. See Outside website for more details. www.Outside.co.uk
August 2022
Leading a trip for KE Adventure Travel to climb the highest and remotest peak in Mongolia Mount Khuiten. Check out the YouTube Powerpoint presentation about this trip on KE Adventure Travel “Mount Khuiten Ascent”. (Find out more or join the trip info@keadventure.com)
June/July 2022
Leading a trip for KE Adventure Travel to Pakistan to trek to K2 Base Camp and then cross the dramatic Gondogoro La. (Find out more or join the trip info@keadventure.com)
May 2022
Tom is leading a group of 23 trekkers to Everest Base Camp, from where they will run the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon on 29th May. Tom will run for the second time the 60 KM Everest Ultra Marathon which he first ran in 2017 on the same day. Check out the Powerpoint Presentation on Youtube at the bottom of the home page of www.Outside.co.uk
23rd March 2022
An evening at Outside shop in Hathersage (tel 01433 651936 for tickets to attend). Outside Gear and Expeditions to the Greater Ranges.Hosted and introduced by Tom Richardson. Legendary climber and mountaineer Andy Cave then introduces the new High Altitude Range of Clothing and Equipment from Rab in stock at Outside.
13th March 2021
Webinar for IBEX Mountaineering Club on climbing and trekking in western Mongolia
12th November 2019
Talk at the Lescar Pub, Sheffield, for the Friends of the Peak District
October 2019
Trekking in the Chinese Tibetan Alps to Minya Konka Sichuan Province
August 2019
Climbing Mount Khuiten and neighbouring peaks in western Mongolia
July 2019
Karakoram trek to Concordia, K2 BC and crossing the Gondogoro La for KE Pakistan
June 2019
Climbing Gondogoro Peak in Pakistan for KE. I last climbed it 31years ago with Joe Simpson!
October 2018
Trekking to Minya Konka Sichuan Province China
August 2018
Climbing Mount Khuiten Mongolia
July 2018
Climbing Gondogoro Peak Pakistan
June 2018
Presentation to British Association of Mountain Medicine
28th April 2018
Presentation to Girl Guide group at Glenbrook Centre Hope Valley Derbyshire
November 2017
Trekking in Southern Tasmania
October 2017
Trekking to Minya Konka Sichuan Province China
August 2017
Trekking in Ladakh and climbing Mentok Kangri
June 2017
Leading two trips to Pakistan K2 Base Camp and to cross the Gondogoro La
May 2017
Tenzing Hillary Everest Ultra Extreme 60km race
9th November 2016
Judgement Days lecture at Wellington and District Camera Club in Somerset
October 2016
Leading a second group to Mukot Peak in Dolpo Area of Nepal
August 2016
Return to Khuiten western Mongolia
July 2016
After a too long a gap returning to the Karakoram to trek the Baltoro Glacier and cross the Gondogoro La
6th June 2016
Presentation on Developments in Equipment and Clothing for the Advanced Diploma in Mountain Medicine course held in Hathersage Derbyshire
29th May 2016
Second attempt to run the Everest Ultra Marathon
October 2015
Leading a KE Group making the first English and American Ascent of Mukot Peak in the Dolpo Area of Nepal,followed by a Mera Peak trip
August 2015
Leading a KE Adventure Travel group climbing in the Altai Tavan Bhog Western Mongolia
20th June 2015
Fundraising Talk at Fulford Schoo York for Nepal Earthquake disaster
29th May 2015
Plan to run the Everest Ultra Marathon cancelled due to the Nepal Earthquake
May 20th 2015
Fundraising Talk for Nepal Earth quake Fulford School near York
20th March 2014
Clitheroe Mountaineering Club
May 2014
Competitor
Everest Marathon
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July 2014
Expedition leader
Fann Mountains, Tajikistan
Oct 2014
Expedition leader
Mera and Island Peak, Nepal
Nov 2014
Exploratory and possible first official ascent of Tabsar (6100m) in the Tsum Valley, Nepal
To join Tom on his expeditions to either the Fann Mountains, Mera and Island Peak or Tsum Valley you can enquiry at KE Travel.
