Video Blog from Everest Base Camp
Everest Expedition Update
Day 9 of the Everest expedition: We are spending the day in preparation for our long acclimatisation rotation at Camp 1 (5900m)- Camp 2 (6400m) - Camp 3 (7500m). Packing food, snacks and gear for the 2am departure on May 2. Sharing great organic dal bhat meal with the … [Read more...]
Stark Reminders
A black small heli was waiting for us on a tarmac of the Kathmandu airport. The heliport is in the middle of an aircraft cemetery. There are lots of small and big machines that are no longer destined for flying and so they slowly rot under unforgiving sun. Our helicopter was … [Read more...]
Leaving Polar Waiting Room
Waiting in Svalbard for the past two weeks for the departure to North Pole have had all the ingredients of John Le Carre novel: an international get together, a diplomatic stand-off, burly men, mercenaries, good baddies, insurmountable obstacles and a happy ending … [Read more...]
