Category: Videos

Click on the below link to watch a 5 minute TV segment on Axe on Everest 2012, featuring my sister Debra, the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust and a visit to the Inglewood St Patrick’s Primary School. This was filmed back in August but was delayed in airing due to the tragedy that unfolded on the…

Hi folks, please enjoy a short 5 minute slide show of photo’s on my last two years Everest journey. If you like please share it with a friend!

For the first 4 weeks being here on Everest, I would spend long periods standing and staring at that high section of the North East Ridge from basecamp. My eyes would follow the line from Camp 3, up the exit cracks, along the three rock steps to the summit. As we prepared to leave for…

Greetings from basecamp on the North side of Everest once again. Thank you for the comments from so many people over the last few days. It’s very nice to get the messages of support and they mean a lot and give a lot of positive energy. Really important on these long expeditions. Together with the…

Attached below is a 2 minute video of the wind on Everest yesterday and our Puja ceremony.  The Puja went very well and was enjoyed immensely by the whole team.  It is very important, especially for the Sherpa’s, that the ceremony goes smoothly and fun is had by all.  As you will tell from the…

Hello folks! We we have safely arrived here at Everest basecamp, 5200m elevation on the tongue of the mighty Rongbuk glacier. It is windy as usual and the summit of Everest is covered in cloud and looking exceptionally windy. We have had a busy day setting up tents and organising the camp, but it has…

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!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTskhSRdbIw

Hi all, Attached is a short video clip of our Sherpa team setting up the Puja ceremony this morning, and also the basecamp site itself and the view of Everest. The Puja is a very important ceremony which is run by our Sherpa team, and is to ask permission and blessing from the mountain spirits…

Hello from Tingri, backside of Tibet! I don’t mean to sound too negative about the last few days stay at the Tibetan towns of Zhangu, Nyalam and now Tingri, however there is not too many positive things to say about them either! The standards have been declining town by town, and it would be hard…

We are about leave Nyalam this morning on a 4 hour drive further up the valley to the town of Tingri at 4300m. Yesterday we did an acclimatisation walk upto 4300, I felt good on the walk but got back down with a slight headache and spent the afternoon taking it very easy. Feeling great…