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Thursday, Oct 1. I was on the edge the moment I woke up this morning waiting for news about R's flight back to London - is he flying out or is he stuck in Kathmandu for a few days, will he be home tomorrow... all these questions chasing around my…
Rob & co have made it off the mountain and onto the mainroad today and he is back in civilisation (well, semi civilised because he is finally contactable on his mobile!)Just heard that they are still stuck in China because of a landslide which closed a road heading back to…
How is it that I can feel excited and yet anxious and worried at the same time?... Excited because R and co are doing the summit push on Tuesday - its been a long journey with sacrifices physically, mentally, emotionally, financially for them to get to this stage and the…
September 10th : Cho Oyu BaseCamp – by Robert GattI have a 2+ man tent all to myself. It is yellow, spacious and most of my stuff – 45kg – is laying around occupying all corners. We are camped at 5700m. It is a lot of altitude – 900m higher…
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Robert has always been a favourite with girls. Girls flock to him like bees to honey and he basks in all the attention that he gets.I was thinking that he would be feeling a bit deprived of female attention when he in the 'wilderness' and being one with the elements... but…
My phone knew that the 'man of the house' is away and decided that it would be the perfect time to act up last night. It kicked such a big fuss that there was nothing I could do to bring it back to life, not even restoring from a backup.…
A gentle tinkle from my phone announced the arrival of a message at 6 too early o'clock and pierced through my sleepiness. Fumbling for the phone, I saw a reply from Robert - sinking back into my pillow and went about going bad to sleep again. Just when I was…
How did we ever manage to go through life without the modern technology that we have at the tip of our fingertips now?Went online to pick out a place for dinner with a friend of mine whom I havent seen for ages and then found the directions to get there…
It is 8pm at Heathrow and my flight is slightly delayed. No worries. I will need to get used to the waiting and be patient. Plenty of it will be required to climb any big mountain. And then add some more doses thanks to the laid back Nepali and suddenly…
The living room smells of nail polish as my girlfriend performs one of her "maintenance" sessions while noisy neighbours are having a philosophical and colourful discussion in the shared garden on a warm London night. This is how I always planned to start my first blog entry for our forthcoming…