I have just paid a visit to Just-One, the organisation you so kindly supported through my Rome marathon, and the kids there all shouted a very big 'THANK YOU' for your help. Declan and I did the accounts and we came up with a total of 695,000…
Apologies for not updating my site earlier, but I needed a few days to physically and mentally arrive back in civilisation after having been in the mountains for 47 days - 42 of which I spent at Makalu Advanced Base Camp at an altitude of 5,700m with…
I made it. And I made it in good time, or at least in a time that I was pleased with ( everything in life is relative)! I finished in 04.05.03 and even though I didn't manage to stay below the 4-hour-mark I am happy. In fact…
Long time, no write. I have just noticed that I have not updated my blog since I came back from the North Ridge of Ama Dablam in November last year, but I guess that even though I enjoy being in Switzerland in the winters and do a…
Apologies for the late last post about Ama Dablam but as you can imagine, life in Kathmandu has been rather hectic with Miss Hawley's 90th birthday on 9th November and all the (unsuccessful) teams coming back from the normal route of 'The Mother of the Jewels' -…
Just got back from climbing up to 6,200m on the North Ridge of Ama Dablam. It was an amazing climb and even though we knew that we were not going to go for the summit, it offered some of the best Himalayan climbing I have done so…
This is just a quick update on what has been happening here on Ama Dablam. After having spent a week at base camp acclimatising and climbing up to the saddle at the bottom of the ridge, Katharina and I came down to Dingboche for a couple of…
If you get queasy when it comes to women's issue, then stop reading right here. However, if you are interested in a funny story involving sanitary towels, keep on reading. When Katharina, Shinji, Greg and I walked to Gorak Shep and then Kala Pattar a few days…
Life is full of surprises and so is an expedition to a relatively new route with a base camp that hadn't been used for a long time. On Wednesday evening, just as we were packing our things to go to base camp the following day, Russell got…
We have now arrived in Pheriche, the place at 4,300m where I stayed for about 5 days in the spring recovering from my altitude sickness. I have to say that it feels great to be properly acclimatised! I usually take two days to get here, however, this…
This is what I wrote for the Himalayan Experience website this morning. I hope you will enjoy it Sunday may have been a rest day for us but certainly not for our Sherpas. "I have just spoken to Phurba Tashi and they had a hard time getting…
This is just a very quick hello from Namche Bazaar, where we arrived this morning. I am amazed by how 'high-tech' the Sherpa capital has become with wireless internet being available almost everywhere. I am currently sitting in our lodge, enjoying a Cafe Latte and I am…
