?Mac the Knife? gets stuck in It?s just over seventy days since we left Kathmandu, and now we have come down off the mountain, our thoughts are all turning to home. 16 messages
Realising an Xtreme dream After climbing through the night, the red glow of dawn filled the sky over Makalu. With each breathless step, we had climbed higher until we crested the South Summit; beyond lay the Hilary Step and the summit of Everest. 56 messages
Camp two research at 6400m For about five minutes yesterday, we seemed to have found the answers to why some people appear to perform better at altitude than others. 7 messages
The Khumbu Icefall to Camp 1. We are now just over a month into the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition, and contrary to my darling wife?s recent suggestion, I have not been sunning myself in the Carribean, drinking pina colada as the sun sets over an azure blue sea. 12 messages