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 […]
Paul’s Blog – Gasherbrum II – Part 1
I’ve been back in the U.K. for a little over 2 weeks now but am still coming to terms with the experiences & emotions of my 7 weeks expedition to […]
Moel Siabod Fell Race – Saturday 2nd July & Capel Curig Festival
Just a quick reminder for these co-joined events in early July. The Festival is being organized by a new Events committee so can I wish Nicki, Jenny & all their […]
Paul’s Blog – ROFN Charity Run – 14th May 2022
It is too early for me to fully & calmly reflect on last Friday & Saturday but I will aim to do so next week so for now I’ll simply […]