143 posts, 2012 to today.
First day of trekking and all of us and thrilled to be done with the jeep. The view right out of the lodge is stunning. We are humbled by Annapurna II which we will see for the next 2 days. We hit the trail as the Sherpas are sorting out all the gear allocation and […]
Just arrived in koto – 2487m after 10 hours on the road. The road was absolutely crazy, rocks, rivers, steep climbs, cliffs; we were all thrown from one side of the car to the other, but we were rewarded by a breathtaking view of Manaslu (8000m+) and a moonshine just before getting to Koto. We […]
Ready for the 6 hours jeep drive to koto after a night at besisahar. All the expedition gear tents, food has been unloaded from the bus and shifted to a 4×4 truck. The road ahead promises to be rough. Prob one of our last internet connections and last post for a while.
After breakfast and last shopping opportunity, we are packed and check out from Dalai La Hotel. 6 hours drive through Nepal and we arrive in besisahar. We have just picked all our freeze-dried meals for camp 2 & 3. Things are getting real by the minute.
8-10am: I catch up on my work, call my team in HK and Shanghai. 10am: breakfast with the crew 11am: Chris Harling, our expedition guide, turns up with Florence – the last member to join the expedition -. Chris covers the schedule for the coming 3 days, recos: stay ultra hydrated, drink a lot, buy […]
See below the schedule of the Expedition so you can follow us more easily Week Day Date Day Comment Thu 22-Oct 1 Depart Qatar, Netherlands, Hong Kong -> Kathmandu Fri 23-Oct 2 Arrive Kathmandu (1295m) Sat 24-Oct 3 Drive to Besisahar in bus Sun 25-Oct 4 Drive to Koto in jeep Mon 26-Oct 5 Trek […]
Enjoying the lounge and champagne and celebrating our departure. One year in the making and it’s finally time to go. Glenn is on the plane, Xavier has been flying for a while and Pat and I are about to board. Kathmandu here we come!!
The final gear has arrived. -29C black diamond guide gloves, slings for the ice axes and the clever ’tree trunk’ special merino wool underwear delivered with actual birch ’tree seeds’ for users to go and plant a tree anywhere they like, cool concept, love it. This morning last endurance training with tritons triathlon club at […]
Lars was originally part of the team but had to drop out for good reasons with the arrival of a third member of the family, now 3 months old Lis (pictured below with her shoei helmet) Lars and Meri prepared a super nice send off dinner last night in Saikung, I was very touched. We […]
Talking about it for a year and now here we are with 1 week to go. Can’t believe it’s finally time to go. So tonight I have decided to finish packing the base camp bag. I am still waiting for my black diamond gloves to arrive and the slings for the ice axes. How much […]
Tonight, I am actually starting to pack. I have been postponing this moment. Not sure if it’s because I am afraid it will not fit in the bag or because it will get me too excited and won’t be able to wait until 22nd October before heading to Nepal. Anyway, during packing I need to […]
A collection of 2 pictures showing some of the necessary gear for our Nepal expedition, more will follow, these 2 focus on walking & climbing
Gear takes a lot of importance in this type of trip. It can save your life, protect you but also burden you. It’s a mix between: what you really need, what you could need and what you don’t need but will make your life more comfortable. And when you add up all 3 categories you […]
Our Expedition Blog has started: send it to your friends and contacts so they can follow us during our Nepal expedition
We are now exactly 1 month away from the departure for Kathmandu, Nepal and I had planned to start the blog exactly one month before so today is the day! We are in the final preparation moments: – vaccination – packing our gigantic 110 to 150L duffle bags full of crazy mountain gear – checking […]
During this time of pandemic with many of us confined and working from home, I wish to refresh this blog originally posted in 2011-2012 and bring you some adventure motorcycling stories & pictures of our trips. Some of these stories cover an encounter with a Tibetan wolf, a ’Bear Grylls style’ river crossing, Tibetan child-monks […]