Nepal and it’s people hold a special place in my heart – I have been fortunate to visit four times and each time I’ve fallen more in love with the place, the people and their culture. Shocked and sad about the earthquake I felt pretty helpless in the comfort of my home, wondering how I […]
It’s four years today since I was on top of the world, literally. I’m careful where I use the word luck, because to hold luck responsible for something isn’t always accurate and can take away from the effort involved. However, I can definitely say, especially in light of recent events in Nepal, I was lucky […]
Last year I was part of the Wings of Kilimanjaro team; the largest group to ever summit the world’s tallest free standing mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro and Nepalese Pilot Sano Babu Sunuwar and his guide Matthew Lyimo successfully flew from the summit. The project raised over $600,000 for charities on the ground in Tanzania and one of […]
What an amazing year 2013 has been and 2014 is set to be another incredible one! Looking back over the past 12 months it’s been quite a year… Things kicked off in January with Wings of Kilimanjaro, where I was proud to be part of the largest group ever to climb to the summit of […]
Last week I had the pleasure of going to the Royal Geographical Society in London for a days filming with ‘one of Britain’s leading alpine climbers with record hard first ascents and eleven successful Everest summits’ and ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’. Ranulph Fiennes and Kenton Cool. We are all ambassadors for Powertraveller who design, develop and manufacture portable […]
When I finished The Go Trek in July there were whisperings about me entering the first official European ElliptiGo race. Honestly, I was a little tired and thought ….no! Then after a good rest, a sign (!) and realising that I would be in the area (well nearby, I was climbing Monte Rosa in Aosta […]
It was a total pleasure riding the BMW F800GS over the Petit St Bernard Pass from France to Italy into the Aosta Valley. La Thuile, the first village you come to is particularly lovely in the summer. Arriving in Couymayeur soon after marked the end of my journey on the bike and the start of […]
As part of my latest adventure – to climb Monte Rosa in the Aosta Valley, raising awareness and supporting the charity Coppafeel – I’ve ridden over here on my BMW F800GS. I packed the bike so that I could sit neatly between my bags – it was in line with arm chair comfort! The journey […]
One of the things I absolutely love to do is combine my passions into one big adventure. So I’m about to do just that! Over the next few days I’ll be making my way to the Aosta Valley in Italy on my BMW F800GS, staying with friends on the way and then climbing Monte Rosa […]
I began the final week after a two day break with my sister and friends, which was wonderful, physically and mentally. I refuelled, recharged and felt good and mostly I was thinking, “I can’t believe in just a few days I’ll be in Paris at the end of The Go Trek!”. Monday was an easy […]