Tips to help you find travel insurance for high altitude and where needed, the use of mountaineering gear.
High Altitude
High Altitude Trekking Tips
If you’re trekking to high altitude then here are some useful tips. You can’t easily acclimatise before you go. However there are certainly steps you can take to improve your chances of success in the mountains. Build Your Knowledge If you’re trekking at altitudes of 2500m+ (8000ft+) then build your knowledge about high altitude. Know […]
Shishapangma Base Camp
We never thought we would make it to Shishapangma Base Camp! The idea was to tag along with a climbing expedition, who were planning to climb Shishapangma from the south. We would take the drive to South Base Camp and trek to Advance Base Camp (5400m / 17716ft). Then along came the Chinese and officially […]
Cho Oyu Base Camp
Planning Planning and then getting to the next two base camps for our Project Base8000 was always going to be a challenge. Firstly, Cho Oyu Base Camp is located in Tibet, on the border with Nepal. Next, finding an appropriate mountaineering expedition to tag along with. Then, obtaining the appropriate visa and permit which in […]
Tibet: A journey through the past
Introduction – Tibet journey Tashi Dele! “Hello, Welcome!”. Our journey through Tibet had started. In the forgotten kingdom of Tibet, much has changed since China took control in 1950. Fast forward nearly 70 years and Tibet is still changing – very rapidly I might add. For the better? Well, that depends on your perspective in […]