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Day 620 - 22nd August 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Hey guys, I have been a bit quiet since Denali as I have not been feeling too good. As well as taking time to recover…

Day 556 - 19th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Hi Guys, sorry for the Twilence I have been catching up on sleep and spent all last night travelling and I am now in…

Day 551 - 15th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Hi guys really sorry for the silence, I broke my sat phone, snapped the antenna so was unable to contact from the…

Day 546 - 9th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Temperature has risen and with up to 100cm of snow forecasted, avalanche risk is high. There are so many going off…

Day 545 - 8th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Update for the 7th: Low pressure system set to hang around for a while. Looks like we’ll be using all our time to…

Day 544 - 7th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Update for yesterday 6th. Been hauled up in our tent since Tuesday. Poor visibility, high winds above us,…

Day 542 - 5th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

A series of low-pressure systems means snow and winds up to 45mph for the week. We worked hard to get to camp 14 to…

Day 541 - 4th June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

11am 4th June. We got a late but good weather window to climb to camp14 yesterday. The crevasses are epicly big this…

Day 540 - 3rd June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

It’s been a tough 24 hours. Last night was rough, 70 mph gusts and heavy snow, virtually no sleep but tent held up…

Day 539 - 2nd June 2012

1:00am Thu 1 Jan 70

Sat in tent all day - bad weather. Snowing and a total white and now winds picking up. All good!