Days not Homeless: 4 Years, 278 Days ...and loving every second of this alpine adventure!
Kilimanjaro
19,340 ft
Sept 26, 1999
Elbrus
18,510 ft
Jun 9, 2001
Aconcagua
22,841 ft
Feb 15, 2002
Denali
20,320 ft
Jun 21, 2003
Kosciuszko
7,310 ft
May 5, 2007
Carstensz
16,023 ft
Dec 12, 2008
Vinson
16,067 ft
Dec 9, 2017
Everest
29,035 ft
May 22, 2019
Recent Reads
The White Spider – Heinrich Harrer
Beyond Possible – Nimsdai Purja
The Beckoning Silence – Joe Simpson
This Game of Ghosts – Joe Simpson
Life and Limb – Jamie Andrew
Endurance – Louis Rudd
Chasing the Devil – Tim Butcher
On The Burning Edge – Kyle Dickman
Finding Gobi – Dion Leonard
Annapurna – Maurice Herzog
We Wish to Inform you that Tomorrow we will be Killed with our Families – Philip Gourevitch
The Push – Tommy Caldwell
Touching the Void – Joe Simpson
Into Thin Air – Jon Krakauer
“It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up – that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”
Elisabeth kubler-Ross
Penultimate US Highpoints
After what felt like an eternity it was a random email from a good friend in the US that prompted a plan of attack for the remaining 8 state highpoints. Unfortunately they were spread far and wide and included four that required some level of technique and multiple...
Route des Grandes Alpes
Approaching Greenland ice shelf from the air was humbling, the size of the glaciers tumbling into the sea, the iceberg’s with their turquoise underwater colours, the sheer expanse… and we were barely north of Greenland's narrowest point - there was a hell of a lot...
Norway Viewpoints
With the forecast calling for rain to fall for multiple days on Chamonix yet again it was time to search out another European city. Having recently got back from Nimes in the south of France it was the turn of Italy. We toyed with a return to Venice, then thought that...
Latest New: Norway
Living In: Chamonix, France Next Adventure: Sri Lanka And Then: Prague
Now: Chamonix, France
Next: Sri Lanka
- Ski tour the Haute Route
- Traverse Isle of Skye’s Cuillin Ridge
- Paraglide in Colombia
- Take a glider over Acadia NP
- Learn a Foreign Language
- Cage Dive with Great White Sharks
- See Aurora Borealis
- Complete an Ironman (or five)
- Hike the Inca trail to Macchu Picchu
- Cruise Antarctica
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Hang glide over Rio
- Hogmanay in Edinburgh
- Summit Mt Everest
- Safari in Kruger NP
- See a volcanic eruption with lava
- Visit the Rio Sambadromo at Carnaval
- Hike the John Muir trail in CA
- Add my name to the 7-summit list
- Swim in the Arctic Ocean
- Cycle the Great Divide by Fatbike
- Raft the Grand Canyon
- Drink beer at Octoberfest in Munich
- Trek the Annapurna Circuit
- See elephants at the David Sheldrick Institute
- Compete in Cape Epic, SA
Since the previous Current Status update upon our return from Africa it’s not quite been business as usual. Two things stand out as the reasons behind this; firstly I decided to summit Mount Everest and secondly a small health problem caused chaos throughout the world. Being on Everest back in 2005 and coming oh so close to the summit left a bitter taste, so bitter that late 2018 the decision was made to return – only this time the entire 29,035’ was knocked off! However, it wasn’t without some suffering and a couple of amputations. We had spent winter before Everest in Colorado learning to cross country ski, then pretty soon after returning from Nepal we headed to what would become our new home in Chamonix, France. A couple months housesitting for friends, lots of hiking with a black toe, the toe’s removal at a local hospital, and we pretty much went from Europe to the US to Europe to the US. Finally in December 2019 I left the States with 2 bikes, 2 large duffels and camera gear, all in preparation for our long term relocation.
After a month in Morocco, followed by a month in NZ, Niue and Australia ours and millions of other lives suddenly changed. A highly contagious Coronavirus had leaked out of China with deadly consequences, the result being a world with closed borders, social distancing, masks, strict rules, and no travel. Sucks to be isolated in the beauty of the French Alps!
