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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…

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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…

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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…

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Did it.

Summitted the true summit of Shishapangma at 5.05pm, 2nd October, with Neil Ward. Very tough climb via a variation of the Inaki route on the north face, caught in a storm on descent with an open bivouac at 7600 metres…

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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…

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route finding in the pinnacles

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…

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ABC

Apologies for no contact - technology issues. (Thought i'd escaped the office but alas...) Anyway, good news. The climbing permit was granted on time and we crossed the border into Tibet on 10 September. After a night at Xangmu we…

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2009 news archive

January 2009 With just Mt Shishapangma in Tibet to complete his 15 year odyssey to climb all the world’s 8000 metre mountains, Andrew is now preparing for what he hopes will be his final expedition in the Summit 8000 project. …

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