Nadhira Al Harthy: The first Omani woman to summit Everest
In May 2019, Nadhirah Al Harthy became the first Omani woman and the second Omani to climb Mount Everest. I grabbed the chance to talk to her before she ran the 130km Oman by UTMB race.
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Everest Uncovered… and a Magical History Tour
Last night I attended the Sherpa Adventure Gear, “Everest Uncovered” talk at the Royal Geographical Society, discussing the history and future of the world’s highest peak. The talk featured Sherpa Adventure […]
On top of the world: Making like Edmund Hillary on a trek to Everest Base Camp
60 years ago on the 29th of May 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary made the first successful summit of Mount Everest. This May, I joined The Adventure Company on […]
Monkey’s and Temples- Kathmandu
Some photos of day one of my 60th anniversary Everest Base Camp trek can be seen here on Google Plus: Or on my Flickr photo stream here We spent the […]
Base camp bound…marking the first ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing and Hillary
It’s already been a pretty interesting year on Everest. We’ve had the apparent attack by Sherpas of Alpinists Ueli Steck, Simone Moro and Jon Griffith as they attempted to climb a […]
Everest Clean up debate
I was just having a google of Everest base camp treks for a friend, when my article popped up on a website I hadn’t heard of. However, I’m happy about […]
