Top tips to stay healthy trekking to Gokyo Lakes and Everest Base Camp Trekking at altitude in the Nepal Himalayas is going to be a much better experience if you are healthy. There are a few little tricks you can do to make sure you stay well and fit. My first adventure to this region… Continue reading Top tips to stay healthy trekking to Gokyo Lakes and Everest Base Camp
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Training for everest
Training for everest The first question I’m asked when I tell people I’m going to Everest is (after WHY CLIMB IT?) what type of training I do. The simple answer is, I’ve been training for it since I decided to climb the 7 summits back in April 2014. That’s four years of dedicated, intense training.… Continue reading Training for everest
Pyrenees solo
Day 0 London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona Unboxing my bike at Barcelona airport, my heart almost sank when I saw my front tyre completely flat. I remembered I had a patched inner tube in there, so I grabbed the spare one I took with me. Which was also a patched inner! Spent the next 2… Continue reading Pyrenees solo
An honest confession about injury
An honest confession about injury Just reaching mile 9. Easy-peasy so far. It is a beautiful morning; crispy air, sun shining and I’m still buzzing from racing the Ironman 70.3 in Zell Am See, Austria the week before. I’m back in the UK for about five days, already run a half marathon distance training two… Continue reading An honest confession about injury
8 days at the High Altitude Training Centre, Iten
8 days at the High Altitude Training Centre,Iten We were half way through our 13km morning run on the dirt road when we met a group of Kenyans running the opposite way, on this section up the hill. They looked strong, determined and focused. I looked at my watch; we’ve only covered 5km and the… Continue reading 8 days at the High Altitude Training Centre, Iten
Aconcagua
Carstensz Pyramid Mar ’17 (6th ‘7summit’) The noise of the tent’s cheap nylon wildly flapping right by my head woke up me. Weather forecast was right; it has been a windy night at Camp Colera, 6000m. I am buried deep into my sleeping bag, it is warm and cosy. I check my watch, 10 minutes… Continue reading Aconcagua
Stage 19, L’Etape du Tour Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire, Sunday 19 July
Stage 19, L’Etape du Tour Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire, Sunday 19 July When I read the big yellow sign by the side of the road saying “Even Contador’s legs are hurting” I had to chuckle. This was one of the motivational messages the Etape du Tour organisers came up with to get the riders push… Continue reading Stage 19, L’Etape du Tour Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire, Sunday 19 July
Climbing Denali/ McKinley 9-23 June, la Expedition
Climbing Denali/ McKinley 9-23 June, la Expedition The highest mountain in North America with a summit elevation of 20,320 feet/ 6,186m, Denali or Mt McKinley in Alaska was going to be my highest mountain of the 7 summits. It is the third most prominent peak after Everest and Aconcagua (lowest point to summit) from the… Continue reading Climbing Denali/ McKinley 9-23 June, la Expedition
Climbing Denali / Mt. McKinley la Summit and Death March
Climbing Denali / Mt. McKinley la Summit and Death March “Monday 22 June SUMMITED!!!! Day ‘who knows and counts anymore’ on the mountain We moved to High Camp 17,200’ yesterday.. as I suspected the fixed lines were my favourite parts and boy we had two long sections of them. The move goes like this; attach… Continue reading Climbing Denali / Mt. McKinley la Summit and Death March
Antarctica, the coldest desert in the world
Antarctica, the coldest desert in the world “Team, we are turning back. We can climb in complete white-out, extreme cold or high winds. But when you have all three elements against you it’s safer to turn around” said Mike, our guide and seven times Vinson summitter. It was soul destroying, quite frankly. We had all… Continue reading Antarctica, the coldest desert in the world
