Caroline’s trip to Belgium and London – July 2007.
On this trip I spent 4 days in Gent, 4 in Eeklo en 2,5 in London. I enjoyed a few days ‘Gentse Feesten’ and caught up with family and friends. Despite catching up with lots of people I had some…
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O’ahu 2006-2007
We went on a little break for the New Year’s period to O’ahu, one of the main Hawaiian Islands. The weather was tropical and gorgeous; Waikiki and surf-beaches were crowded, others less so; the vegetation was lush; the whole atmosphere…
Cho-Oyu – Getting more serious
For those of you who don’t know what Cho-Oyu is: it’s a 26,906ft/8,201m) mountain in Tibet and Stephen has just reserved a space with Alpine Ascents on their 2007 Expedition. The dates for the Expedition are August 25 till October…
Hello from Akureyri – Northern Iceland
My 6th day in Iceland; the 5th day of my tour.Everything is going wonderful here in Iceland – it’s an amazing country; I’ve seen some spectacular scenery. I’m in a group of 12 (which is very nice – a small…
Greetings from Reykjavik
Boarded a plane at 11.15am in San Francisco and got to Boston 5.5 hours later. Spent 5 hours on the next plane , after a 90 min lay-over, to arrive at Keflavik airport at 6.30 in the morning. Got to…
Caroline off to Iceland
There was no way I was going to let Stephen have all the fun so I’m off to Iceland today!! With the time difference I arrive on May 31st and the next day I embark on a 7-day tour of…
Stephen’s off to Talkeetna, AK
I just dropped Stephen off at SFO airport from where he will fly to Anchorage, AK today. From Anchorage he will take a bus to Talkeetna, AK – the starting point for his Denali/Mt McKinley adventure. You can follow the…
Shasta Climb with Fil
Fil and I went to Shasta for the weekend. Drove up on Friday, got up early on Saturday to hike from the carpark to camp. Up at 2:00am on Sunday for our summit attempt. Check-out the photos to see if…
Success on Mt Vinson
Just a quick note to let folks know that I just returned from Antartica where we were successful on Mt Vinson. About to board the plane back the US in the next hour or so. Will be a grueling 24…
We are “go” for Departure
Just been given the word. The flight has been cleared for departure. With good luck we will be in the air in less than 2 hours. Signing off from Punta Arenas.
Still In Punta Arenas
Yes, still here. The plane did not leave early. So we are back on the original schedule. Hopefully will depart today. Yesterday visibility on the ice was unlimited, but winds were gusting between 20 and 60 miles per hour. The…
Rushing to Depart
We are all rushing to get the our stuff packed correctly and the plane loaded. Looks like we may fly a day early, which would be wonderful. Apparently there has been some very bad weather over the last two weeks…
Arrived in the Southern Tip of Chile
Arrive a few hours ago in Punta Arenas after 24 hours of flying and very little sleep. A quick shower to freshen up, a little stroll down the main street and now sitting in an Internet Cafe. Flight was uneventful.…
Vinson Massif – New Expedition Company
Hit a slight hiccup in the expedition preparations. Adventure Consultants, the company I was planning to go with, cancelled the expedition I was scheduled on. A little annoying. But some last minute digging around and I found another expedition company.…
Vinson Massif – Equipment Update
It is all about the gear. Finally decided on a sleeping bag. Details of the bag can be found here. The down pants arrived today, yipee. Caroline thinks I look pretty silly walking around in my down pants. So now…