Introduction Having been on numerous expeditions to Everest Base Camp (EBC) during the spring climbing season of April/May, I have had the pleasure to meet climbers of various nationalities that have summited or are attempting to climb Mt Everest. Mt Everest is known as Sagarmatha (Nepal) and Chomolungma (Tibet, China). It stands at 8,8848m and […]
High Altitude
Colombia: Surviving Bogota
‘Let’s go to Bogota, Colombia’, I said. And with that, we were off. I must confess though, that some bad thoughts were going through my mind when I booked. Kidnappings, bombings, drugs and the Netflix movie ‘Narcos’. ‘Why not just holiday on a nice beach in some tropical paradise?’, I thought. Well, we needn’t have […]
TREK READY: Mental Toughness
How to build mental toughness for your next trek – use this self-assessment and action plan to help get you there. This is PART 3 of the 3-part TREK READY series, based on our TREK READY TEST – either do the test to get a score, or simply follow the questions below. For a printable […]
Yak or Yeti? The Himalayan Quiz
Malaysian Borneo: Mt Kinabalu, A New Years surprise
We could see Mt Kinabalu in the distance from our hotel. With New Years fast approaching and with two angsty teenage children in tow, it was a choice between party on the beach, or, climbing that mountain. Hmmmmm – no second guesses which one my two teenagers wanted to choose! Little did we know at […]