Another dinner with Ferran and Yannick with stories, stories, stories... followed by lingering in bed too long... 'lets leave at 6am'... never ending amazement of meandering through the 700m of Khumbu icefall - it has changed a lot from last year - sun striking our … [Read more...]
Grit
The Morning After
Last night I staggered into Makalu's basecamp at 10pm after more than 1,000m of ascent above 7,000m and 3,000m of descent down steep crevassed slopes and frozen moraine ... some 72 hours of the summit push. I looked ashen. I devoured dal baht and thanked Josh … [Read more...]
The Waiting Game
K2 - From the 1909 Expedition I remember reading the history of the 1986 K2 disaster that saw a number of people perish including Julie Tullis. One of the few survivors, her much more experienced climbing partner, Kurt Diemberger, survived a multiple day storm at the high … [Read more...]
Grit and Rock in Wales
Last week, 20 girls from the GRIT&ROCK programme at the East London Central Foundation School spent 3 days in the Brecon Beacons. They were at the Plas Pencelli center putting skills learnt indoors into practice: climbing outdoors for the first time. Here is … [Read more...]
Known Unknows
Time passes quickly in thin air. Your body takes comfort in doing little, good food and comfortable tent. After a rest of 6 days and a wait for a summit window, we are all packed and ready for a 4 day summit push. Having been up half- way to Makalu's summit twice, we now … [Read more...]
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