I was looking forward to seeing the landscapes of New Zealand; the hills waterfalls, forests, glaciers and mountains. Doing a bungee jump, and visiting some […]
Zermatt and Breithorn – the beauties nearby
With six weeks to go before my Broad Peak attempt, there were still a few gear items untested in snow. A long weekend was coming […]
Broad Peak update : travel to Concordia pictures
For four days we walked typically 6-9 hours along or on the Baltoro glacier. It was a difficult walk for me. My knees are poorly […]
Broad Peak day 4: travel to Askole
It was easy to get our permits apparently. it took hours instead of days which meant we could leave Skardu a day earlier, making up […]
Broad Peak day 3: arrival at Skardu
It’s 4:30 when the alarm rings. I slept like a rock, despite the noise in the streets. At 5:10 we’re on our way again. The […]
Broad Peak day 2: by car apparently
And so the journey continues… by car though, instead of by plane. While checking in at the airport, it was suddenly announced that the flight […]
Arrival in Islamabad
We arrived! But it wasn’t easy. My trip started with a cancellation of my train due to personnel shortage. Following a detour I got an […]
Hoher Dachstein
Sometimes the most beautiful things are just around the corner, and you don’t realise it. ‘Around the corner’ in this case means, the distance between […]
Being all by yourself, close to Mount Everest’s summit, higher than anyone has ever been before…
I guess ‘George Mallory’ and ‘Edmund Hillary’ are the common names that pop up when one describes the climbing history of Everest. For me though, […]
Crazy and tiring pit stop at Dome de La Lauze
Sometimes there is a unique opportunity to do an activity and last week I saw one of them. My task: to bring a car to […]