by admin | Dec 31, 2018 | Adventures, Featured, Himalayas, Singalilla Trek, trekking, Walking
Time is running out for all the adventures I’d planned to have as a child that were forbidden or forgotten.Sandakphu is the Himalayan dream I’ve been chasing all my life. I’m afraid that if this may be a dream too late. Forbidden when I was 16 – can I do it when...
by admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
Where do I get my cravings for adventure from? I think adventure may be a genetic thing. My Mum was probably the one who engendered this love for adventure because we were always going on picnics, she and Dad were always going out on shikar, (very politically...
by admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
Transcript Summary below, or you can listen to the audio only at the bottom of the page. Happy International Women’s Day! The first thing I saw on my Facebook feed today was last year’s video where I was actually in the forest but today I’m here at...
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
How absence can get you your heart’s desire I’m already talking about my next Himalayan walk. Am I mad? When you read my book you’ll know the main thing I struggled with was the absence of air. This is Toohey forest and in here we have Mount...
by admin | Mar 3, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
The top of Mount Gravatt is the point where we walked every day before the Himalayan trek for training. It was a bit of a joke because this altitude is 184 metres and at Sandakphu we were nearly 4000 meters. This walk was good for training. It wasn’t good for...
by admin | Nov 18, 2017 | Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, trekking
Why is my next book like the Yeti – because it’s set in the Himalayas, and so far, it hasn’t been sighted by too many people – but you will be the first to know! Because you are part of my 30-day challenge to create this book and adventure live...
