Month: February 2012
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Why do bad things happen to good people?
On Friday night I returned home to Taranaki in New Zealand to visit my family for the weekend. It was a whirlwind visit to say goodbye before leaving for Everest in 30 days time. My mother picked me up from the airport and drove me home. As we reached home and I walked in the…
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Video post of Malte Brun Climb
See the attached short video with a photo composition of our recent climb on Malte Brun. I will write a full trip report over the next few days also as usual. Please enjoy!
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Malte Brun – The return
There is only 40 days left until I leave for Everest. On Tuesday I will leave Singapore for a training climb on a peak called Malte Brun. Malte Brun is a large mountain located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, right opposite Mt Cook (New Zealand’s highest peak). Standing at 3198m, Malte Brun is…
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Expedition title sponsor – John Foord
Climbing Everest by any means is an expensive operation. By the time you add up all the expenses such as: climbing insurance, air travel, training expenses, overland travel, personal climbing gear, communications equipment, climbing permits, expedition logistical fee’s, high altitude food, etc… the bottom line starts to look very daunting. To put it into perspective…
Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson 