Hmmm.... well. the best thing about a three day transit across the planet is the opportunity to slather one´s rapidly dehydrating and delierious self with the most expensive caviar and goats cheese enriched beauty products known to womankind. I am a lather of eye cream, body puffing syrups, unhatched quail egg essences and lip pouting gels - and it does actually seem like quite a pretty sight from my foggy side of the duty free mirror!

My sleep-deprived calculations reckon I have made up at least half the cost of my airfare in free samples from the Duty Free beauty matrix, and there are still coutless more opportunities for me to get delayed - I´m only in Argentina. Still.
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I just want to take a moment away from your busy preparations to tell you that all is arranged for a nice trek, and visit to our area. You will have an memorable adventure.

Huaraz, and the mountains of the cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash, are sunny and blue skies. There are many mountaineers and trekkers passing through these days, although the very height of the season is passed.

The nation of Peru is currently feeling sadness and unity for the south coastal communities that were destroyed by a major earthquake last week - but every day brings more healing. You will certainly be visiting at a time when everybody in the whole country is pouring good energy and resources into the recovery ef ... Read More »

Ok, so it's usually around July 1 that I sit back one weekend, book a three hour massage, realise the house needs vacuuming (or demolishing) and that I have a dog! Getting Girls on Top out its bud and into full bloom from March feels a lot like wrestling tigers during this time - it's a creative explosion as well as a business and planning frenzy, with all our team members, partners, sponsors, new networks and charity goals screaming for attention, stretching their wings and rewarding us with a million ideas, questions, visions and passion.

Sometime around April, when the team are announced and our Climbing Partners are ready to launch their own campaigns to find their ambassadors for our expedition, I stop walking my Girls on Top mountain - and start running it. Read More »