In Machail I was determined to find some nice accommodation. The lack of sleep was getting to me and I needed to get things shipshape before the climb. I actually wasn’t too sure how to go about this so just … Continue reading →
I am now almost at Atholi. Atholi is one of my favourite villages which I have been wanting to return to for some time. I am hungry, hot and thirsty as I approach Atholi on the Kishtwar road. The … Continue reading →
from my friend Chris Zandee ‘It is madness but it looks you are nice and busy. We have distributed food and will help with pumping water. business has been paused as the whole valley has been paused and stopped for … Continue reading →
My 2 kids seem to be high flyers. Not only in endless real flying but in the corporate world. It makes you wonder how they could have such a mundane dad. See the top40.
Continue reading →Â Â Just a Kid [TOC] Getting to Sutherland Once upon a time I was a kid. My formative life started in Sutherland north; what was then an outlying suburb of Sydney. Although I was … Continue reading →
Introduction Last year I went to Padum, in the Zanskar valley with the intention of traversing Umassi La into Jammu. This is a relatively high walk described as demanding with the top of the pass being 5340m. As it happened … Continue reading →
Autumn weather has come at last. But so far it has been a beautiful autumn with extremely mild weather. (winds still from the north). We are still picking strawberries and with the mild weather they seem to be getting … Continue reading →
When we were growing up in Australia Uncles, Aunts, cousins and Grandparents were relatively unknown to me as they all lived in America. In the early 80’s though my work took me to America quite often. On these trips it … Continue reading →
 On  a recent visit to Sydney I became acutely aware as to how difficult it is to get back to Tasmania. That was in early April. So in checking the Jetstar timetable I note that there are 2 direct … Continue reading →
