The afternoon we arrived back to the South Col after the summit we were spent. [...]
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None of us slept that night due to the trepidation of what was ahead and [...]
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Sorry for the delay. It has been an eventful two weeks! We finally decided that [...]
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This is a summary post just to provide a quick update. More detailed posts will [...]
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It was good to arrive at Camp 2 albeit a bit lonely as the rest [...]
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Apologies for the lack of updates as of late however I have been freezing somewhere [...]
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The journey back was truly a living hell. Any weight on my left foot was [...]
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Everest base camp is a mess of rock, mud and a spattering of yak shit, [...]
Sorry for the delay in getting this post out but things have gone a little [...]
We have been offline for days. Next post will be published hopefully tomorrow. We are [...]
We were supposed to stay in Gokyo for two nights and that made sense as [...]
We woke at 3:30am, ate our breakfast in the dark with our head torches on, [...]
Our last morning in Thame we woke up to a beautiful white landscape after a [...]
After a good couple of days in Kyamjuma we packed up our gear and made [...]
Upon arrival into Lukla we made our way around the runway to a restaurant where [...]
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After a zippy 13 hour flight without delays on Turkish Airlines, I touched down in Tribhuvan [...]
Well this is it. I leave this evening and I think I am prepared. Physically [...]
New challenges 5 months after getting back from Everest in 2015 we had a beautiful [...]
The expedition in 2015 was going well. We had a great trek into Base Camp [...]
This post is a draft. Here is a summary of 6 days in Switzerland with [...]
As soon as Base Camp was decimated teams were evacuating to Kathmandu and Lukla. By [...]
This was the first rotation to acclimatise up Everest. We were on a schedule ahead [...]
Well as promised our schedule granted us a few rest days in Everest Base camp [...]
We left Everest Base Camp 6 days ago and trekked the 17kms back down to [...]
After three days in Lobuche Base Camp we made the move to EBC. This was [...]
After a few days resting in the last teahouse of our journey, we packed up [...]
The next day was a move day from Tengboche to Pheriche which I was pretty [...]
On my first night in Namche Bazar I went to sleep with a sore throat [...]
Our next destination was the famous Namche Bazar. This trek was amazing. The trail was [...]
The next morning we woke at 6 am and headed to the airport to have [...]
Upon arrival in Kathmandu I was greeted by some local IMG staff who placed a [...]
Well this is it, my final post from the safety and warmth of my home [...]
It took around 5 hours to organise but I have sorted and ‘stuff sacked’ everything [...]
Well I have 95% of everything I now need. Just need to finalise my ‘sock [...]
In one week and one day I drive to Barcelona airport to catch my Turkish [...]
The date today is the 18th of February 2015. I leave for Everest in 34 [...]
In July 2014 I was chatting to Paul, my friend from Aconcagua and he informed [...]
Soviet Highs With McKinley still in my thoughts everyday, I was unpacking my equipment one [...]
‘The High One’ With only about 4 months between Aconcagua and Mt McKinley in Alaska (also [...]
‘The Stone Sentinel’ In June 2012 I was due to climb Mt McKinley in Alaska [...]
It began in Africa In 2011, I managed to convince my wife Alejandra and a couple [...]
My earliest memory of being inspired by mountains was when I was about 8 years [...]