One month to go

One month tomorrow we will be flying out to Nepal for our Himlung (7126m) expedition. At present all sleeping bags are bought, high altitude food transit has been sorted (all 90 kgs of it) and we are just dotting i's and crossing t's. Three years has gone so quickly. I can still remember sitting with Ben discussing objectives, possible team members and timings and now here we are. But first a two week trip for Jagged Globe to Mount Ararat in Turkey, the final resting place of Noah's ark. Great acclimatisation as I leave for Nepal one week after I return. Busy Autumn, then sleep 'till Christmas.

Here is the official BMC listing of our Himlung Expedition along with the other 15 trips that they are supporting.

http://thebmc.co.uk/where-are-they-going-in-2012-bmc-supports-16-expeditions?s=4

Mount Himlung, 7126m Nepal

September 14th I am going to Nepalfor 6 weeks, leading a team of 6 to attempt Mount Himlung 7126m which is on the border of Nepal and Tibet in the Manaslu area of the Himalaya. We have been lucky enough to receive sponsorship from Wayfayrer meals who are supplying all our high altitude food, totalling two weeks worth of meals. The Expedition has also received official endorsement from the BMC which I am really pleased about. If successful it will be the highest any of us have been, however all climbers have been to at least 6000m either in the Himalaya or South America.

Mount Ararat this August

This August I will be heading to Turkey and Mount Ararat for Jagged Globe. http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/

Scotland January 2012

Managed to get up to the Cairngorms for a few days and went out with some friends to take them up some classic grade 1s and 2s. Not that they needed much guidance.

Autumn in Nepal

Just returned from almost 6 weeks in Nepal leading two treks in the Khumbu region. The first was to Everest Base Camp and Kalla Patthar, the second was a special bespoke trip organised by Jagged Globe to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Silver Hut research expedition, which was the first extensive research done on how altitude effects the body, of obvious interest to mountaineers. It was also on this expedition that Ama Dablam was first climbed on the 13 March 1961.

On this trek was Dr Jim Milledge, foremost scientist on the research end and also Norman Hardie who was amongst the first ascenionists on Kanchenchunga (8586m) on May 25th 1955.

Zermatt 2011

A short trip to the Pennine Alps this September. First time standing underneath the Matterhorn, she was not going to let us have our way. Settled for the Breithorn and Alalinhorn. Back to Nepal in Oct/Nov for some Everest and Ama Dablam views