tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87457630106023786552024-03-19T02:46:53.757+00:00Following the adventuresDi Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comBlogger591125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-34794860334875395362018-04-10T13:27:00.001+01:002018-04-10T13:27:30.107+01:00The last post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-39084287872433157032017-11-17T08:08:00.001+00:002017-11-17T08:08:58.960+00:00Agoraphobia?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have just worked out that since the middle of April I have spent 119 days living at high altitude, very high altitude or extreme altitude. This means that for 119 days I have been used to living in a space 7ft x 4ft x 4ft. I genuinely feel as if I am suffering from agoraphobia having returned home!</div>
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Now, the sensible thing would be to kick back and enjoy the break before the Scottish winter season kicks in, but that would be far too easy. My list of things to do and projects are as high as the mountains that I've been climbing and I can't wait to get stuck in.</div>
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I read recently a thing about farmers and how they thrive on suffering, working long hours and keeping busy. Considering I actually have come from farming stock I think that if I wasn't a climber I would be a farmer.</div>
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You know when you have been spending too long in one place when you have left all your equipment there. So for the first time ever, I actually don't have to worry about excess baggage or using all the tactics at airports to avoid the hefty charges.<br />
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This will be a big trip for me. Not because it is technical or mega high, but because of Manaslu. <br />
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My friends have been absolutely fabulous this past fortnight, in more ways than they probably realise. <br />
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So, today I am heading back out to Kathmandu for another 4 weeks of fun packed adventures. This time, we're attempted a peak called <a href="https://www.adventurepeaks.com/shop/himlung-himal/" target="_blank">Himlung Himal</a> and we will be updating the <a href="https://www.adventurepeaks.com/news/" target="_blank">Adventure Peaks news page</a> whenever we can. What is going to be super exciting is on return to the UK it will be the Scottish winter season and that, my lovelies, is the best season of them all.</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-36569806708377370602017-10-03T16:29:00.000+01:002017-10-03T16:29:53.712+01:00Why the radio silence?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-74361458495064305962017-08-27T10:29:00.002+01:002017-08-27T10:29:56.580+01:00Bookie books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It was Russell Brand who I heard speak about Bookie Books first and it's kind of stuck.<div>
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I am once again pulling on the <a href="https://www.adventurepeaks.com/shop/manaslu/" target="_blank">Adventure Peaks</a> hat and am bound for Manaslu. Since this peak is entirely in Nepal, I don't expect there to be any problems with visa's or permits :)</div>
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All expedition updates will be via the <a href="https://www.adventurepeaks.com/news/" target="_blank">Adventure Peaks News</a> page - whoop!</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-80775538279536179082017-06-23T20:09:00.000+01:002017-06-23T20:09:03.483+01:00Dodging the downpours<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am going to miss Scotland and all her adventures but it's now time to look forward to copious amounts of wine, ice creams and fine cheese. Roll on summer ...</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-90119601753117536972017-06-16T16:11:00.000+01:002017-06-16T16:11:12.105+01:00A change of pace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been home for nearly 3 weeks now. During that time I have been in, on and around the mountains but have had no urge to bimble up one Corbett or one Munro. If I am honest, there very nearly were 2 Munro's on the cards, but the weather was pants so we went biking instead. I have absolutely loved enjoying my extended backdoor playground and discovering bits that I never knew existed.<br />
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This summer, K2 was back on the cards, but for lots of reasons that's been pushed back for a year so I found myself with a very empty diary. However, with a return back out to the Himalaya's for another 8000m and a 7000m peak towards the end of summer and all of autumn, for some strange reason I haven't had the urge to fill up the diary with work.<br />
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-24065956754120387752017-06-02T08:28:00.003+01:002017-06-02T08:28:58.489+01:00Farewell Cho You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-79887177699389476712017-04-13T18:46:00.001+01:002017-04-13T18:46:23.284+01:00Tibet, here we come ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-27383203921383349042017-04-02T15:44:00.001+01:002017-04-02T15:44:28.564+01:00That was that then ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-2491688693063869912017-03-13T20:42:00.000+00:002017-03-13T20:42:17.053+00:00The 8000m Peak Team<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-56237126385604872242017-03-05T16:40:00.000+00:002017-03-05T16:43:25.893+00:00At long last winter has arrived<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-7784984787868830342017-02-06T10:31:00.000+00:002017-02-06T10:41:15.033+00:00Recharging in the mountains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Huge thanks to Richard Bentley, Matt Stygall and Mark Scales for being awesome people to work with and making this weekend a big highlight in my winter calendar. </div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-14914877811557882852017-01-30T19:26:00.000+00:002017-01-30T19:26:08.580+00:00Into the deep<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am one very lucky girl because I get to meet some awesome people.</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-34000785834472225152017-01-28T18:39:00.000+00:002017-01-28T18:39:05.801+00:00Missing the one vital ingredient - ice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-20468626681917278402017-01-19T21:02:00.000+00:002017-01-19T21:02:07.520+00:00The turkey blubber<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-20238303972770361222017-01-08T20:01:00.000+00:002017-01-08T20:01:38.786+00:00Men in Black<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is Divyesh. Divyesh is keen. On Wednesday he travelled up from London to Edinburgh to listen to Heather Morning passing on her years of wisdom for staying safe in the hills, as part of the Mountaineering Scotland winter lecture series.</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-2725288174482455202017-01-04T08:47:00.000+00:002017-01-06T19:14:53.380+00:00A New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The <a href="http://www.skimoscotland.co.uk/media_and_press/" target="_blank">5th Skimo Scotland</a> race series kicked off against all the odds on the 28th December when the thought of putting skis on was far from anybodies mind.</div>
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I can never decide when a New year starts whether I should set myself a challenge since I normally always break it. However, this year I am going to do my 2017 challenge. Now, this could be to eat 2017 jelly beans (far too easy), drink 201.7 bottles of wine (challenging but possible) and to laugh 20.17 times (too easy) so instead my 2017 will involved biking, running and swimming. Now this I think would be fairly easy without actually getting too much in the way of life. However ...</div>
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I am just about to embark on the busiest 3 months of work and then it does actually look like this year I will mainly be living in a tent at ridiculously high altitudes so my 2017 challenge is going to be exactly that - a challenge. However, if that's the only challenge I have to face this year, I really have it easy.</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-58683122870094814572016-12-05T16:53:00.000+00:002016-12-05T16:53:18.052+00:00Glen Orchy and Glen Etive <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Derek: "None of this looks familiar"</div>
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Derek: "Oh, I have done these hills haven't I?"</div>
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Thankfully, he still had 2 remaining Munro's to do which shared the start so a quick change of plan was required. Just like the BOGOF offers, today was a climb 2, get 3 free :)</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-17857315307169345712016-11-23T18:21:00.000+00:002016-11-23T18:21:06.369+00:00Climbing versus Skiing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The very good thing about being a climber and a skier is that it normally works well with the conditions and the weather. Take this afternoon for example.</div>
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It is been cold recently with snow fall and light winds. All the buttresses are plastered and the snow is unconsolidated. Not idea climbing conditions to be honest: lots of trail breaking, blowing snow out of cracks and off ledges, and desperately looking for anything that you can actually yard up on. From a climbing perspective, we need a thaw and then a refreeze.</div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-53584404765365220282016-11-20T19:25:00.000+00:002016-11-20T19:25:19.552+00:00Superficial climbing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>"The best gift you can give someone is their next adventure".</i> Unknown </div>
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Di Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162308458664743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745763010602378655.post-65006962599518933072016-11-18T16:49:00.000+00:002016-11-18T18:29:50.322+00:00The penultimate corbett<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I would love to say that it was my penultimate corbett but unfortunately not.</div>
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On Wednesday afternoon we sat in the truck at the side of the road waiting for the latest deluge of rain to pass and the wind to ease enough to open the door. To say my motivation was absent would be an understatement.</div>
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The weather was atrocious even by our standards, the only saving grace was that we had decided to wear wellies and scabby waterproofs for the bike into the bothy. A bike into a bothy is normally quite appealing but not on Wednesday. My trailer, loaded to the brim included 10kg of coal of 4 prime silver birch cloggies was heavy, so heavy that it bent the skewer. It was chucking down with rain and we had a gale force headwind which made the trailer act like a sail. When it wasn't raining we were met with thunder and lightening. Our bike into a bothy was in reality a curse filled walk into a bothy.</div>
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So, why did we put ourselves through this? Well, once upon a time there was a Munro called Beinn a'Chlaidheimh. Heather & I had both climbed this before when doing our respective round of the Munro's.</div>
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A couple of years ago, the Munro Society had the great idea of remeasuring it and decided that it wasn't worthy enough of Munro status so it got demoted to a Corbett.</div>
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Now, I had absolutely no intention of climbing it again (sometimes I have no ethics) but Heather felt that she should so here we are. To be honest, it was a pretty cool day - it's just a shame that it is situated in the back arse of nowhere and beyond.</div>
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Our reward this morning was an awesome bike back out to the truck.</div>
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