1 month has passed since the return to base camp and the end of our expedition. I wish to give thanks to all the friends and family that have supported me in this climb and unique life experience. Thank you to: Jean-Claude and Marie-Helene, my parents, for sponsoring my gear and expedition, it was a […]

We meet for breakfast at 9am. Glenn and Xavier come down and join me for some nice & fresh coffee – a luxury we haven’t had for 3 weeks – some pastries and hot breakfast. The air is cool but just the right temperature. It’s delightful to be clean, rested and enjoying the service and […]

Busy bees packing, the duffles get filled up by all our climbing & mountaineering gear. Glenn, Xav and I are leaving today. Florence is walking back and considering taking a few days trek on the Annapurna circuit crossing thorong-la pass. It’s 830am when we get out of the tent for our last breakfast. The mood […]

Wake up at camp 3, feet still numb and concerned. Planning of the day: all day walk down to base camp. It’s a full day of walking down the mountain, and picking up and carrying all the gear that has been left at various camps. The weather is pristine as usual since the last snow […]

Written by Xavier Perrodon: It is about 5pm the day before summit push and as Ben and I are about to start preparing dinner, Chris enters the tent to give us a heads up on what we’re about to attempt. For almost two weeks I have been unhappy with the very little information we get […]

The time has stopped, each second is pure bliss, the view is breathtaking. But the clouds pass over our heads at incredible speeds and it is not a good sign. I have never seen such fast clouds and so close. I guess its a normal sight at over 7000 meters. Lakpa points at the clouds […]

How to describe the feeling of hearing the alarm go off at midnight? Our minds did not drift very far anyway, our brains know that something special is about to happen and focus is coming right back. No snoozing allowed there is no time for that. It’s straight into gear, we get dressed and look […]

1 year of planning, intense training, triathlon, gym, weight training with my trainer Derek, to be in best possible shape, a charity for raising money for Nepal, great support from friends and family, almost 3 weeks on the mountain and the day has finally arrived. You know the feeling when you have been longing for […]

On this early morning, the clouds float at around 5000 meters. They are far under us at 6000 meter camp 2 and it makes for a beautiful scenery. From our tent (proper altitude tent this time), we can see perfectly Manasulu scrapping the sky at more than 8000 meters as well as Annapurna, made famous […]

I slept fine surprising myself for not feeling the slightest headache at such high altitude. I open the door to the outside world and see beautiful weather, blue skies and sun slowly coming down to our camp 1. The period between 6-7am when we wake up and 8-830am when the sun hits the camp always […]