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Paul’s Blog
It’s six weeks now since the Consultant gave me the ‘O.K., go for a jog’ good news to lift my faltering spirits so here’s a quick update on my progress
New Presentation Announcement
We are delighted to announce a new evening presentation has been put in our diary. Mike Raine will present ‘Bikepacking the Highland 550 and the Welsh 550’. Having just completed
Paul’s Blog – Recovery?
For those of you who managed to wade through my GII blogs thank you & I hope your recovery has gone better than mine (no running since I’ve got back
Evening Presentations returning to Cafe Siabod in the Month’s ahead!
With the worse of Covid & it’s Restrictions hopefully now in the distant past we are re-starting our series of Evening Presentations for the Darker Evenings that are fast approaching.
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 9
The Homeward Journey We had arrived back at The Blue Sky Hotel in Skardu at 4:30pm on 27th July which was remarkably moreorless as our pre-trip schedule there were a
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 8
The Trek out from BC to Hushe First I must point out that despite concerns about my own physical & mental state by now I must not over-look that the
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 7
The Descent from Camp 2 to BC It took a while to get to sleep that evening being on a cerebral high from all that I’d gone through but sleep
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 6
The Summit Day Descent The descent got underway at around 8:45am with now Zakir leading the way, Hassan had again gone AWOL possibly a simple desire to get down to
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 5
The Summit Push On Friday 15th July our team of 4 clients was reduced to 3 when Bruce left Base Camp to join a Jagged Globe trekking team who had
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 4
Base Camp & the Acclimatisation Rotations Due to a number of factors this part of the trip was more protracted than we ideally wanted & lasted for 26 Days (21st
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 3
The Trek In to Base Camp It would take us 8 days to reach Basecamp which we would arrive at on 20th June moreorless on schedule, clearly a lot can
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 2
Journey to the Trek In Packing was generally done on Monday 6th June whilst I was still awaiting for my Visa, to my pleasant surprise I was moreorless spot on