At 2am on 11th of May, we walked out of EBC aiming to summit Everest on May 15th. I had no sleep that night anxiously thinking of what laid ahead. Two hours into the icefall journey at about 4am we were stalled by a badly broken ladder. That marked a freezing 4 hour long … [Read more...]
Grit
High Altitude Motherhood
The best present for Mothers Day that awaited for me at the Everest basecamp was a picture of my 6-year old doing Show and Tell on his mad mother's challenge. I hesitated sharing this photo. As is, I am deeply torn between the feeling of guilt of not always being there … [Read more...]
From the Arctic to the Sahara
Expedition Day 14: another hike touching a mid-point on Lhotse face to C3. It was -16C in the tent this morning, 6:15am breakfast - appetite still holds strong though my clothes are getting noticeably looser, march on in the cold morning shadow, getting to the … [Read more...]
Toasting Grit
Expedition Day 13: I celebrate today from C2 on Everest the birthdays of my parents - my late father's who would have turned 69 a few days ago and my mother's who is turning 70 tomorrow. They are - I now recognise - the origins of my grit. I may have not been an easiest … [Read more...]
Is VR experience a sound public policy choice?
I am writing this from the Everest's Camp 2 perched at an altitude of 6500m. In the past week I met at least three members of a filming crew collaborating with Endemol, a Dutch company that has given us the joy of The Big Brother TV reality show. Their job here on … [Read more...]
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