Australia Day Ambassador 2011
Australia Day Ambassador again. This time to Eurobodalla shire (Bateman's Bay and Moruya).
2010 news archive
January 2010 Andrew plans to return to Mt Everest in the pre-monsoon season (April-May) of 2010 to complete one final climb in his Summit 8000 project. Having climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8000 metre mountains, his plan is to…
Australia Day Ambassador
Honoured to be invited by the Australia Day Council to be the Australia Day Ambassador to the Waringah Shire in Sydney on Australia Day 2010.. It was a big event with numerous high achieving Australians receiving recognition for their contribution…
Expedition complete.
Now in Kathmandu sorting, cleaning and repairing equipment before finding a flight back to Australia and the 'real world' (?). Neil and I are still pretty tired and the stairs at the hotel are a challenge in themselves but its…
The details.
Sorry for being out of contact. Since our summit day the weather has been appalling with consequent lack of solar power. Based on the forecast and our reading of conditions, Neil and I decided to try for a summit on…
Going for it.
Back into ABC on Friday afternoon after a worthwhile acclimatisation climb to camp 2, where we slept for the night at 6750 metres. We deposited a tent, food, stoves, gas, rope and other climbing gear in readiness for our return…
Next stage
The weather continues to hold at Shisha and our fingers remain crossed for more of the same. On the 20th, Kinga and I climbed to camp 1 at 6250 metres. It was a blisteringly hot day and the hundreds of…
Heading up
After a great puja ceremony yesterday we are itching to get onto the mountain. All have coughs and colds but the weather is excellent and not to be wasted. Neil made an equipment carry to camp 1 today and will…