I have been asked one too many times as to what has prompted me first to attempt my journey towards the world’s highest mountain. I smiled knowingly but rarely gave away a true first impulse. Today my reasoning would have featured my dad, GRIT&ROCK, mountains as … [Read more...]
Smile, Emelie Forsberg!
A teared-up look on my Instagram feed this past Saturday mirrored a recent memory. I was looking at a sad face of Emelie Forsberg, one of the world's top female endurance athletes and a fellow Chamoniarde, who has just torn her knee ligament during a race. The post read 'my … [Read more...]
Aconcagua Day 5: The Summit Bid
Spending a night at 6,000m is an opposite of being in a spa floatation tank. One feels undermined by gravity, thin air and gravity of thoughts. Any rapid movement sends one’s heart racing. Appetite goes. Mouth is constantly dry. And sleep apnea punctuates the night with … [Read more...]
Aconcagua Day 2: Meet Fernanda
During our five hour 27km dusty trek along the moraine towards the Mulas Base camp, we were overtaken by a tiny female runner who was cheerfully heading up a dusty trail. Such scenes are rare here. Usually it is one of a pack of gayly running mules and struggling humans. I … [Read more...]
Aconcagua Day 1: Expedition Packing
Much talked about landslides have been efficiently cleared by the Argentine authorities and we are now on our way to the Horcones Gate. I forgot how vivid the landscape colours are around here with lapis high skies and ochre rocks. Ossy and I spent a few hours in Fernando … [Read more...]
