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When was the last time you pushed yourself to the absolute max, tested your strength of will to carry on, persevered in the face of adversity and battled against all the odds?

Visiting the Himalayas and climbing Mount Everest has been a dream for a good number of years after reading books at the age of 16, such as Himalayan Climber by Doug Scott, The Naked Mountain by Reinhold Messner who have been a major inspiration to me. I have now made the commitment to go for it and live my dream, but also in the process raise a minimum of £50,000 for Charity...

Woking & Sam Beare Hospices

This is going to be a tough, challenging and at the same time a very exciting and exhilarating journey, which will push me to my physical and mental limits. I would love very much for you to join me on this journey and keep informed of up to minute progress being made with training, expeditions, fundraising, speaking events and other news on mountaineering and adventure.

It is also to serve as a means of Inspiring and capturing your imagination as to the possibilities of what can be achieved, just by applying ourselves and our minds and really having the self belief to make the commitment and go for it.

Join me on this unusual and adventurous journey, which will take us to the TOP OF THE WORLD.


London to Mount Everest Base Camp

Posted by Trek Himalayas at 3/29/2008 02:21:00 pm

To mark the begining of my challenge to scale the highest mountain in the world, I will be making a visit to Everest Base Camp at 17,500 ft later this May.

My trip will take me to the largest, thriving and pretty much the only city of Nepal, Kathmandu. Sitting at an altitude of 4,384 ft and the starting point for all expeditions and trekkers for the Khumbu valleys, Kathmandu has been the travellers mecca since the 1960's. These days you're less likely to see a tie-dyed hippy in search of enlightenment than a gore-tex clad tourist in search of a an espresso. But for me I quite like the allure and mystery of hippy enlightenment.

From Kathmandu I will take a short 35 minute flight to Lukla airstip which is the gateway to the Everest region foothills. Lukla is at an altitude of and is an 8 day trek to base camp at 17,500 ft. I will spend a day here speaking with other mountaineers who have been on the mountain to hear thier thoughts and feelings on climbing Chomolungma (Everest) before I return to Lukla for the return flight back to Kathmandu.

Despite all the problems in Nepal and the continuing controvery of the Chinese taking the Olympic flame to the summit of Chomolungma (Everest), and the closure of Tibet to all tourists, fortunately Nepal remains open and so does Everest for ascents on the south Nepalese side.

Regardless of this, the recent riots in Tibet and crackdown by the Chinese Army have thrust an issue that many thought was dead and buried back out onto the World Stage.

This week has seen exposed the "Cultural Genocide" being perpetrated in Tibet by the Chinese Government, who are systematically obliterating the Tibetan culture and religion.

They are swamping the country with hundreds of thousands of Chinese immigrants every year, and detaining and torturing any Tibetan who dares to peacefully protest.

Possessing a photo of the Dalai Lama or a Tibetan flag is an offence that results in many years in gaol.

To be a Tibetan political prisoner means rape, torture and mandatory brainwashing.

But what does the future hold for the gentle and spiritual Tibetans who have fled their Himalayan home?

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing” - Albert Einstein

Watch the report

The Tibetan Project

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