Squash training for Everest! Click on this link to see a short clip of me training… I wanted to carry a heavy pack up and down the mountain so I needed to add weight – these Giant Jenga blocks did the job pefectly!
I’ve based myself for the past few weeks in the French Alps. I think one of the best ways to train is to try and replicate, exactly or as near to as possible, the activity that I will be doing. So here in the beautiful snowy mountains I find fairly steep slopes and hike up […]
Training It’s impossible to say one thing is the most important thing to do in preparation to climb Mt Everest and fly from the summit because each area of the preparation is not exclusive to another. However, as a priority my physical is fitness is right up there. I am doing all that I can […]
I went along to have a chat with Phil Trow on BBC Radio Derby about the expedition, you can hear it here …and BBC 1 did this news item about the trip, you can see it here
Over the next few weeks I will be adding more and more information regarding the expedition and progress. So if you would like to keep up with what is happening make sure come back here from time to time!