quite simply the most amazing trip of out lives as we toured 5 US states and visited 6 of the most famous national parks during a loping 3000 mile road trip around the Colorado river basinRead more
Posts filed in: Mental Health
Magnetic Mountains
the journey in life echos the climbs.. the plans (or lack of), the decisions that need to be made, the sacrifices, the mistakesRead more
My mind has taken away my love of the mountains
I’m sat on my sofa staring at a pair of expedition boots I bought a few weeks ago. They were bought for two planned expeditions – Mont Blanc and Island Peak. Yet now I have no hope of getting there.Read more
A common purpose
Everyone was just doing their thing, and connecting around the common purpose….climbing.Read more
The Fortitude to recover
Team Fortitude was set up with the sole aim of raising funds for Rock 2 Recovery. R2R is an amazing organization that works with servicemen/women/veterans and their families affected by PTSD/MBTI’s.Read more
In the life zone
This land unchanged for millennia, carved over eons of ice, rain and wind. The deer and birds running and flying paths led by their ancestors for time untold. Read more
A mountain journey like no other.
Yet, I regards myself as a very lucky person, I have studied my demons, I’ve kept these ‘mental’ enemies closeRead more