This isn't my usual blog post, and certainly not one I wanted to write either. Yesterday my friend Lakpa Thundu Sherpa died in an avalanche on Ama
Cho Oyu Update: 3 steps backward
Today the team arrive at Advanced Base Camp (ABC) at 5,700m. Sadly I haven't joined them. After a six hour walk we got to an intermediate camp at
Cho Oyu 2016: One Week in Tibet
You know the whole thing about adapting and overcoming? Well, here we go! I spent a fair bit of effort conjuring together a blog on my laptop that was
Cho Oyu: The mountains are calling, and I must Cho…
Okay, so the title was a bit crap. But now I have your attention! This Sunday I leave for a seven-week expedition to Tibet, a part of the Himalayas
Coming back stronger: it’s what I do best.
So after nearly a whole week in Kathmandu I've had time to dwell on the events that I've been through on this rollercoaster of a month. I've been able
Baruntse Expedition: It’s all systems go…
Well folks, this is it. Nearly. The penultimate written blog post prior to my Baruntse expedition. I'll likely post a video blog before I go with more
One week to go. It all comes down to this.
Seven days. You can read it in a horror-movie tone, or just normally, but either way it's only seven days until I'll be taking off from Heathrow to