Greetings from London – part 2.
I am currently in Putney, London, spending my last couple of hours in an internet cafe – of course. In a few hours I’ll make my way to Heathrow to board a plane to Chicago. Can’t wait to be with…
Mt Illimani – Success!!!
Just back from 6 days in the mountains, where we successfully summited Mt Illimani (6,438m/22,354ft). It was a long day involving 8 hours and 43 minutes to get up and 4 hours and 35 minutes to get down. But made…
Greetings from London!
Just a quick one to let you all know that I am in London at the moment. Have had a great time so far catching up with friends (Silvia & Wayne, Heleen, Annemie, Kristin) and wandering around. And I’ve got…
Greetings from Llangollen!
I know it’s been a while, but internet access in these little hamlets I’ve been staying in has been non-existent. The one place that did have a library with a connection I hit on the weekend, so the library was…
Where is Caroline?
Just spoke to Caroline, and she is doing extremely well on her long-distance-foot-path adventure. A few blisters, but apparently nothing to worry about. I am sure Caroline will give a full update once she gets to an Internet terminal. Which…
The Training is Over
Just back from a week in the Cordillera Real mountain range. We completed High Altitude training and acclimization. So we are ready to tackle Mt Illimani. It is wonderful to get out of a tent and into a hotel room…
Hay-on-Wye at the foot of the Black Hills.
Finished my 5th day of hiking and ‘conquered’ the Black Hills! Yep, I know, they are only hills and not mountains, but for me – and doing it on my own – it was quite something! I actually had to…
The Bolivian Experience has Started
Like Caroline a quick post to let you know the adventure in Bolivia has started. Landed after a reasonable flight and getting a reasonable amount of sleep. La Paz airport is at 4,000m (the highest major airport in the world).…
Started Offa’s Dyke
Hello all! A short update as I am in a free-internet cafe and don’t want to take up all the time. Arrived safe and well in the UK, albeit exhausted after no sleep on the flight from Chicago and a…
Chicago, IL
First visit to Chicago for both of us and we liked it a lot! The architectural mix is intriguing and impressive – even a bit surreal every now and then. Made me think of some of the drawings of ‘Schuiten…
High Altitude Mountaineering Course, Bolivia
Spent last night doing a pre-pack for my trip to Bolivia. As usual, I have way too much ‘gear’! But at least I think I am ready. Of course, we had to do one final run to REI to pick…
Relaxing in Madison, Wisconsin
After 10 days of solid driving (we left Anchorage, AK on Aug 15th and arrived in Madison, WI on Aug 25th) we made it to Madison. It was a long 10 days and the drive through the prairie-lands actually got…
Anchorage, AK to Dawson Creek, BC
We flew into Anchorage from San Francisco on 14 Aug around midnight. First stop: long term airport parking to pick up Sterlin. The next day we started our trek in the general direction of Chicago. We stopped in Tok, AK;…
3 Days and 3 Nights in and around San Francisco.
We just couldn’t stay away! As mentioned previously we had to be back in SFO for fingerprinting. No choice really… so as we had to ‘interrupt’ our trip we decided to make the most of it. On Wednesday August 11th…
The next 6 weeks
So here we are in Anchorage, AK, from where we fly to San Francisco today Aug 11. We just missed the place too much to be away for so long…. Just kidding (although…). No, we need to go back there…