Apologies for the long pause. So here is a longer post. No excuse as I have only one thing to […]

Although I am not prone to gossip, its a good way to pass time while recovering and… it’s fun! As […]

Thanks to the basecamp doctors: a Nepali and a Scots who came to visit us for various illnesses, I have […]

It is clear that our bodies are wasting away even at base camp. Immune systems are weak and many of […]

We are getting up close and personal with the Lhotse face and the acclimatization is still tough with a slow […]

Nothing much to do at High Camp 1, so we kept ourselves busy… Stunning views of Lhotse, Everest  and the […]

We set off this morning @ 3.a.m. to climb the 900m of Khumbu Icefall to Camp 1 where we are […]

A lot has been said about the Khumbu icefall. It was not at all what I had imagined All in […]

NOTE: I had to change the music from AC/DC’s Back in Black to Groove Armada  for copyright reasons, as the […]

I have been waiting for this mythical climb through the Khumbu icefall for a long time and couldn’t have hoped […]