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Dear all, A quick message to let you all know that I’ve heard from Geordie on the side of the mountain. All is well and they are very excited and very on schedule. The team has been waiting it out at Camp 1, as scheduled, whilst the weather passes. All kit has already been moved [...]

Dear all, It seems that the whole of the UK is supporting Geordie, with its empathetic snow conditions reflecting the fact that our man will be having a very white Christmas. He is now safely on the Antarctic ice, having arrived on Friday 17th December. If we’re concerned about the flight delays here, the 4 [...]

Dear all, It’s been a difficult few days waiting on news of Geordie’s climb, and we knew yesterday that he had been doing well and had reached about 8,700m of 8,848m. The break in communication was down to an illness to another team member and difficult weather conditions. We have just learned however that Geordie [...]

Dear all, Apologies are extended for the drawn out nature of news on Geordie’s progress, and it is only with the best intentions of keeping Geordie’s friends, family and supporters up to date with the very latest news. It appears that despite a hectic and sleepless 36 hours, we will now be able to rest [...]

Dear all, Please forgive the mistake, but Geordie will be hoping to summit at 1AM GMT. We should hope to have news from 2am, this is in all but a few hours. We are unclear as to whether this calculation has taken British Summer Time into account or not, and so all times could be [...]

So we made it to ABC ok which was the first checkpoint on this summit attempt. The aim was to spend two rest days here before heading up but this plan has changed. There is a storm brewing over the Bay of Bengal which will apparently hit Everest on the 24th May (our intended summit [...]