commitment

Commitment is a 12 year old who has never missed a day of school. A child in Class 7, who has not missed a single day of school in the past 7 years. I cannot begin to imagine that. I do not know anyone who has not missed a single day of school, probably even in…

Return to Civilisation- 27th May

Last night we got back from the glacier and reached HMI. I finally have phone signal, charge and some spare time, so I will be catching up with the blog. I was using an old school notebook and pen whilst I was at Chaurikhang, so I have some notes, but many were written with a…

The little things

First up, I wrote a looooong post yesterday all about knots and things but darling WordPress has vanished it 😦 I'll try and rewrite when I get some time. (Possibly never).  "The purpose of mountaineering is self-exploration" said the Principal of HMI in his address to us this evening (amongst many other enlightening things). The…

5am starts…

Every morning, we have 'bed tea ' at 5am, but sadly not in bed. 5:55 is PT- physical training for the non-Indians! This consists of a fairly short run (a couple of km), then some stretching, strength and balance exercises and a short run back. The kicker though, is the steep run up from the…

Approaching the end

“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?” Leo Tolstoy "Whereof we cannot speak, we must remain silent." Ludwig Wittgenstein The End has come. In many ways I cannot believe how long it has taken, and yet in others, it has come so soon. Such is life I suppose- the days have…