“Um…I can’t breathe…”

John the head guide….”pole, pole”

“No…um…I really can’t breathe…and…I think I’m going to throw up…”

As John’s vice like grip held me up while I emptied my stomach for the second time on the way to the summit, I really had to ask myself, at what point had it seemed like a good idea to climb this mountain. …read more…

Stunning in the snow, glorious shrines which still exude old Japanese culture and “3 shrines, 2 temples” bargain tickets! …read more…

Cuban salsa, cocktails and dirty big cigars! …read more…

High above the Africa plain,
On Kili we had both pleasure and pain. …read more…

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro put me in touch with my inner guru. My pearls of wisdom revealed to me while crawling towards the summit have been captured here …read more…