Vlog

Hi folks! Herewith, a brief interlude to my series of posts on our trek up to the South Base Camp of Mount Everest. Why? First, so you don’t get overloaded with all things Nepalese extreme-trekking; second, to keep you waiting for the best bit – finally getting to the Base Camp (which is just around […]

Hi all, I’ve some big news about a cyber-incident we’ve uncovered… Our experts have discovered an extremely complex, professional targeted cyberattack that uses Apple’s mobile devices. The purpose of the attack is the inconspicuous placing of spyware into the iPhones of employees of at least our company – both middle and top management. The attack […]

The “Long” in the title is spot on – we’d already been on our trek up to the Nepalese Base Camp of Mount Everest a full week – and we’d still a few days to go. And it was those few last days that worried me a little when I opened the curtains in my […]

So far – so snooker… Day 1a: flying in to Lukla’s bonkers airport Day 1b: setting off on our trek from Lukla to Phakding Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazaar Day 3: acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar Day 4: Namche Bazaar to Deboche Day 5: Deboche to Dingboche And so on to day 6… Setting […]

One of the cultural shocks on our trek up to the Base Camp of Mount Everest was our seeing a snooker hall/club practically every day in a village we passed through or stayed at – no matter how small the village! (Just in case you’re not sure what snooker is – it’s a cue sport, […]

So far – so good amazing, despite the far-from-ideal weather: Day 1a: flying in to Lukla’s bonkers airport Day 1b: setting off on our trek from Lukla to Phakding Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazaar Day 3: acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar Day 4: Namche Bazaar to Deboche Which brings us, logically, to day 5… […]