Monthly Archives: April 2011

Squash talks to radio Derby about how the trips going. Click here to listen  

To get to Camp One you have to climb through the Khumbu ice fall.  The Khumbu ice fall looks like a giant Eton Mess – without the fruit.  It is a huge glacier that is full of crevasses, ice and … Continue reading →

After we arrived in base camp some of the people from the trekking group came to visit us for lunch!  I was especially delighted to see Beccy and Rob who share my love for ridiculous poses on rocks! The next … Continue reading →

Before any climb a Puja is held – a Puja is a traditional sherpa ceremony where kit is blessed and prayers are said for a safe climb and return.  It begins in a calm fashion but soon descends into drinking … Continue reading →

The reason mountains take weeks, even months to climb is because you have to go through a process called acclimatization – where the body gets used to the lack of oxygen in the air.  (I wrote about this process a … Continue reading →

One of the reasons I was excited to get to base camp was because we each have our own tent and no longer have to pack up each night and pack up each morning to move somewhere new. We arrived … Continue reading →

It’s just over a week since we flew into Lukla and later today we will do the final part of the trek to reach base camp.  Last night we stayed in Gorak Shep (5,140m).  Getting to Base Camp itself is … Continue reading →

We were up really early to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla – the airport is mad.  Despite the apparent total chaos of bags and people everywhere we all managed to get, with our kit, to Lukla. The runway at Lukla … Continue reading →

Squash speaks live from Tok Tok, Nepal to BBC Radio Derby on Day One of the expedition. Visit the blog to listen. Continue reading →