Category : Sponsorship
Almost six years ago, I stood on the lofty shoulders of the worlds tallest giant. That giant is Everest, which unlike your average run of the mill giant, offers no gentle lift to the top. As anyone who followed that expedition will recall, things for the most part went without a hitch. I had a micro-disaster
So, you want to climb Mount Everest. Chomolungma or Sagarmatha as they say in Tibet and Nepal. Standing at 8,848m above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth and hence it is on the to-do list of many high altitude climbers including those aiming for the seven summits or even the 14
My last post was over a month ago, and it detailed the crazy winter weather I experienced whilst training for a potential Everest expedition. I went to Aberdeen for a climbing trip at the end of February, and although we expected snow, we actually found ourselves climbing on sun-baked rocks on the sea cliffs. This
Well; the last few weeks have been a bit manic to say the least, so it’s hard to know where to start. To get the tedious bits out of the way to begin with, the dissertation has been completed, bound, and submitted, all 90 pages of it! The madness really started about 2 weeks ago,
Just a quick blog to detail my equipment sponsors for my Mount Everest expedition in 2012. These sponsors have very kindly donated equipment to my expedition. I am very grateful for their support, especially as most expeditions in this day and age are reliant on their sponsors, and my expedition is no different. I hope to
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