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Aconcagua 2023: one mountain too many

December 18, 2023
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Last Saturday 16th December I should have been jetting off to Argentina on a 3-week expedition to climb Aconcagua, the…

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Lakpa Thunda Sherpa

Lakpa Thundu Sherpa – A legend made and lost in the mountains

November 29, 2016
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This isn’t my usual blog post, and certainly not one I wanted to write either. Yesterday my friend Lakpa Thundu…

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Cho Oyu Update: 3 steps backward

September 9, 2016
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Today the team arrive at Advanced Base Camp (ABC) at 5,700m. Sadly I haven’t joined them. After a six hour…

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Cho Oyu 2016: One Week in Tibet

September 7, 2016
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You know the whole thing about adapting and overcoming? Well, here we go! I spent a fair bit of effort…

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Cho Oyu: The mountains are calling, and I must Cho…

August 27, 2016
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Okay, so the title was a bit crap. But now I have your attention! This Sunday I leave for a…

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Coming back stronger: it’s what I do best.

May 2, 2014
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So after nearly a whole week in Kathmandu I’ve had time to dwell on the events that I’ve been through…

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Baruntse Expedition: It’s all systems go…

October 10, 2013
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Well folks, this is it. Nearly. The penultimate written blog post prior to my Baruntse expedition. I’ll likely post a…

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One week to go. It all comes down to this.

October 6, 2013
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Seven days. You can read it in a horror-movie tone, or just normally, but either way it’s only seven days…

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