30th Dec 2004 :

Arrived at Puente Del Inca (2725mts).

31st Dec 2004 :

Get dropped of at rangers hut then trek to camp confluencia (3300mts) where we enjoy a bottle of champagne and celebrated the incoming of year 2005.

01st Jan 2005 :

Acclimatization trekked to plaza Francia (4000mts) and then back to confluencia.

02nd Jan 2005 :

Trek to camp Plaza de mulas (4260mts).

03rd Jan 2005 :

Relaxing at camp.

04th Jan 2005 :

Carry gear and food to leave at camp Nido de condores (5250mts), then return back to mulas.

05th Jan 2005 :

Rest day and trek around camp.

06th Jan 2005 :

Trek with all gear to camp Nido de condors and set up camp.

07th Jan 2005 :

Rest.

08th Jan 2005 :

Leave camp at 0530hrs for summit. Arrive at summit around 1500hrs. Leave summit at 1610hrs on way to pick up bike at rangers hut. Rivers have now swollen a lot with snow melt. While travelling lite and down alone trails became hard to follow in the pitch black. Reached the rangers hut at 0730hrs, about 6 hrs behind time not being able to find the trail. 0900 get on bike and cycle through Argentina to Chilean border and on to the sea at Con-con arriving at 2033 hrs on Jan 9th 2005. The temp. at the summit was about -20 and while cycling in Chile 24hrs later +35.

18th Apr 2006 :

Arrive at base B.C. Set up camp and acclimatize around camp for a few days.

21st Apr 2006 :

Leave base camp and move to I.B.C. 4/5 hrs walk.

22nd Apr 2006 :

Leave I.B.C. and trek to A.B.C. 4/5hrs walk.

23rd Apr 2006 :

Leave ABC and trek back down to BC. Rest at BC for 2/3days.

26th Apr 2006 :

Leave BC and trek to IBC.

27th Apr 2006 :

Trek form IBC to ABC. Rest at ABC for 1 day.

29th Apr 2006 :

Leave ABC and climb to North Col. (7050mts) 5 hrs.

30th Apr 2006 :

Leave North Col and trek back down to ABC. Punja ceremony for the blessing of our gear. Trek back down to BC. 7/8 hrs.

01st May 2006 :

Travel out from B.C to a small village Tasitume (4300mts) for rest. Stay here 2 nights.

03rd May 2006 :

Travel back to BC. And rest for 1 day.

05th May 2006 :

Trek from BC to IBC.

06th May 2006 :

Trek from IBC to ABC.

07th May 2006 :

Climb from Abc to North Col.

08th May 2006 :

Climb from North Col to 7500mts. Then back to North Col and back down to ABC.

09th May 2006 :

Trek down from ABC to BC.

10th May 2006 :

Travel to Tasitume for 4 nights rest and to get the body best recovered for summit climb.

14th May 2006 :

Arrive back at BC.

16th May 2006 :

Leave BC and trek to IBC.

17th May 2006 :

Leave IBC and trek to ABC.

18th May 2006 :

Climb from ABC to North Col.

19th May 2006 :

Climb from North Col to camp 1 (7700mts).

20th May 2006 :

Climb from camp 1 to camp 2 (8300mts).

21st May 2006 :

Leave camp 2 at 0130 hrs for summit climb. Arrive at summit at 0945 hrs. Weather windy and very cloundy. 1030 hours leave summit and make my way back down the mountain arriving back at camp 2 at 1440 hrs. Wait at camp for Lorenco - climbing friend. He arrives at 1800 hrs. Get him some food + water then climb down to camp 1 arriving at 2030 hrs where we stay.

22nd May 2006 :

Climb down to ABC.

23rd May 2006 :

Trek down from ABC to BC. then rest for a few days and get my bike built and our support vehicle + driver sorted.

26th May 2006 :

Leave BC at 0930hrs on bike to Tingri. Then onto Nylan and arriving at Kathmandu on Mon.29th. Celebrate with the rest of the climbers that were on the expedition before starting on with my bike ride.

31st May 2006 :

Leave Kathmandu on bike for Indian border. Cross border into India at 1130 hrs on Thur. 1st June. Continue through Cities and towns in India (Raxual, Mazaffarpur, Nawada, Dhanbad, Bankura, Kharagpur ) arriving at sea-level Janput beach at 0945hrs on Wed. 7th June. Tide was out so had to walk a further 1km to reach the water.

20th Dec 2006 :

Arrive at hotel in Moshi 2300hrs.

21st Dec 2006 :

0900hrs get mini bus transport from hotel to Kilimanjaro national park entrance (1970mts). Register for the trek at rangers hut and set of around 1330 hrs for 4/5 hours hike to Mandara camp (2700mts).

22nd Dec 2006 :

Trek from Mandara camp to Horombo camp (3720mts) 3-4 hours.

23rd Dec 2006 :

Trek to Kibo hut (4700mts) 3-4 hours.

24th Dec 2006 :

Leave camp at 0100 hrs for summit. Arrive at summit (Uhuru peak 5895mts) at 0530 hrs. It is still pitch black and is snowing hard with strong winds. Day light is still not for another 45 mins. So we decide to take a few pictures of summit sign and descend down via Gilmans point. We trek back to kibo and get breakfast. After that we trek back out to national park entrance arriving around 1400 hrs. on same day. Bike did not arrive until 1700hrs so I had a 2-3 hours rest before starting my bike ride to sea-level. I cycled until 2100hrs where we booked into a hotel. Just as I was approaching the hotel on the main road a policeman signalled for me to stop. Just as I stopped all the muscles in my legs started to cramp and I could not move for about 15mins. Went to hotel and stored up on food and liquids. During the night a thunder storms started with gale force winds and torrential rain. Next morning at 0800hrs when I started to bike again it was still pouring down rain and there were a lot of floods and parts of roads washed away. I reached sea-level Tanga at 1924hrs.Same thing happened again when I went to get of my bike, legs cramped and could not move for 5-10 mins.

28th Apr 2007 :

Arrive at Anchorage and transfer to guest house. Next day meet other climbers in expedition and meet guides. Guides check gear suitability and chat about climb.

30th Apr 2007 :

Travel in mini bus to Talkeetna then fly to Kahiltna base camp 2200mts. (7200ft) arriving at 1630hrs. Set up camp. Next day refresh glacier travel, crevasse rescue and sledge rigging.

02nd May 2007 :

Travel on snow shoes and pulling a sledge(25/30kgs) + carrying a rucsac (25/30kgs)to ski hill camp. 2370 mts (7800ft) set up camp and spent the night. 4/5 hrs. Next morning we travel upto 2800mts (9300ft) and leave a cache, then return to ski hill to spent the night.5/6 hrs.

04th May 2007 :

Travel to motorcycle hill camp 3350 mts (11000ft) and set up camp. Next morning trek back to 2800mts and pick up our cache and return. Weather gets worse so we end up spending 5 nights at motorcycle hill. 5/6ft fresh snow fell over this period with strong winds.

08th May 2007 :

Leave motorcycle hill and leave a cache at windy corner via squirrel point, then return back.

09th May 2007 :

Leave motorcycle hill for Basin camp 4300mts (14200ft) and set up camp. Next day retrieve our cache from windy corner and return back to Basin camp.

11th May 2007 :

Carry gear and food up the headwall (fixed ropes - near vertical) and leave just above the end of ropes then return back to Basin. Spend another 5 nights here as weather is bad.

16th May 2007 :

Leave Basin camp and climb headwall , pick up cache and continue along ridge past Wasburn`s thumb onto high camp arriving around 1800hrs.Set up camp and put high walls around tents to protect from very strong winds. (3 out of our party of 8 climbers unable to make high camp so return to Basin camp. Their climb is over).

17th May 2007 :

While resting at high camp 2 climbers fall approx. 2000ft ending up just about 300mts from our camp. Help in rescue but unfortunately female climber was fatally injured so helped to bring her male climbing partner back to rangers tent next to ours. Weather was too bad to get helicopter evacuation. We had a doctor on our expedition that worked with the climber all night but injuries were to severe and climber passed away early next morning.

18th May 2007 :

3 more of our expedition decided to call an end to their climb and returned to lower camp.

19th May 2007 :

With only 1 other climber still in expedition and a guide we set of for summit bid. The weather was cold and stormy but we were running out of time.We had been already on the mountain for 20days and the expedition was suppose to end in 2 more days. We climbed to top of Denali pass 5545mts but the other climber was starting to get frozen toes and fingers so we decided to go back down to high camp. Offically our climb was over. I asked a team that was camped at high camp that were hoping to go for summit in the next few days if I could join them. Their guide agreed. My other climbing partner and guide then returned to lower camp leaving me.

20th May 2007 :

Set of from high camp on summit bid. Weather a lot better than previous day. Reached summit 6194mts at 1800hrs. Took photos and video then left summit at 1830 hrs returning back to high camp then onto Motorcycle hill camp and arriving back at Kahiltna base camp 22nd May at 1300hrs. Everyone else boards small plane and leaves glacier but 2 new guide fly in to accompany my trek out and then pick up bike for cycle to sea-level. The guides have never travelled this route before and knew off no-one that had, so it was a big challenge for them also. Lucky for them they had come into base camp fresh and not already tired from 24 days of climbing on the mountain. The next day weather is bad so have to wait at base camp.

24th May 2007 :

Start trek out from base camp to Petersville road. Roped up and on ski`s the 3 of us start of. We were carrying approx. 30kgs in our ruc sacs. After only travelling about a mile down the Kahiltna glacier Becky the guide leading fell out of sight into a crevasse. We rescue her and continue on down the glacier and through the very dangerous ice fall. We ski/climb / trek for the next 6 days via, Kahilta glacier, Pika glacier, granite glacier,climbing over Exit pass, Wild horse pass, to Dutch creek , Bear creek, passing mine near Bird creek, Gold/nugget creek and finally arriving at a trail of Peter`sville road at 0400hrs on 30th May. During the 6 days we see bears and moose. When we reach the road the support vehicle is waiting with my bike and a barbecue with large steaks cooking. The first proper !! food for over 4 weeks. I eat the steaks + drank a lot of energy drinks (coke) and started my cycle to sea-level at 0500hrs.The 2 guides that had travelled with me for the last 6/7 days could now enjoy rest and travel in the vehicle.I cycled via Willow,Houston,Wasilla to Anchorage arriving at the sea at 1500hrs on 31st May. Got back to my guest house at 1600hrs pack my bike and gear, shower (1st for 31days) then meet the guides at a restaurant for dinner + drinks before heading to the airport at 2130 for a flight home. Not much time to spare.

28th Apr 2007 :

Arrive at Anchorage and transfer to guest house. Next day meet other climbers in expedition and meet guides. Guides check gear suitability and chat about climb.

26th Jul 2007 :

Arrive in Moscow.

27th Jul 2007 :

Fly from Moscow to Mineral vody (2 hour flight s.e.). Transfer by mini bus to hotel in Cheget.(4 hours).

28th Jul 2007 :

Acclimatization climbing day to the shoulder of Mt.Cheget. after taking 2 chair lifts up.

29th Jul 2007 :

Acclimatization climbing day to Barrels huts (3800mts) then climb to Priutt (4200mts) burnt out hut.Travel back to Cheget to hotel.

30th Jul 2007 :

Acclimatization climbing day to Barrels huts. We brought all our gear with us as we will be staying in barrels for next 2 nights. Climb to Pastukhov rocks (4800).

31st Jul 2007 :

Rest day. Take chair lift down to lower station for acclimatization.

1st Aug 2007 :

0230hrs get up and get ready for 0400hrs start for summit climb of south side. 1018hrs arrive at summit 5642mts. 1031 hrs leave summit for saddle. 1145 leave saddle and continue down the north side. 1700hrs arrive at huts. Get soup and bread then continue to northside base camp arriving at 2050hrs. We passed by mushroom rocks.

2nd Aug 2007 :

Rest and wait for support vehicle + driver for cycle out to sea-level.

3rd Aug 2007 :

1350hrs leave base camp on bike with support vehicle + persons. Cycle on dirt trails until 2100hrs. 20km short of Karachaevsk. Stay at friends house of support driver (Urii).110 kms.

4th Aug 2007 :

Have to register travel documents to get permit to continue to next district. 1100hrs start cycling from where I stopped last night. Cycled to Mostowskoy were we stay in hotel !!?? for the night.170 kms.

5th Aug 2007 :

Start cycling at 0900hrs from Mostowskoy and reached 20km past Shaumyan, having to stop and register travel documents during the day. We pitch tent at side of river + train track and sleep their for the night.190kms.

6th Aug 2007 :

Start cycling at 0615hrs as I have only 50/55 kms to go to the sea. 0921 reached the Black-sea at Tyapse. Temp. at sea-level +38/+40.

26th Oct 2008 :

Arrive in jakarta and meet other team mates. Pat (Canadian) Kevin (S.African).

27th Oct 2008 :

31st Delayed in Jakarta due to problems in W.Papua.

01st Nov 2008 :

Arrive in Timika (W.Papua) at 0900hrs.Meet Steve (guide) and spend the next couple of days sorting out gear and logistics for trek in and out from Carstensz.

03rd Nov 2008 :

Fly from Timika to Ilaga. Stay at village chiefs house.

04th Nov 2008 :

0600hrs.meet and sort out porters for the trek in. 0900 leave village with porters on the start of our trek to C.P.

07th Nov 2008 :

Kevin has a change of plans and decides C.P. is not for him and treks back to Ilaga with 3 porters.

09th Nov 2008 :

Climb over New Zealand pass and down a rock face where Pat,Steve + myself arrive midday at C.P.base camp with the porters.Heavy rain/hail most of the day. I speak on Sat Fone with John Cutts (missionary contact in W.Papua ) about getting 3 new porters trek in to meet Pat + myself for outward trek towards sea-level. 3 new porters leave Sugapa at 1400 hrs to trek in 2/3 days to meet us at the camp area where the trails split - 1 goes to Ilaga the other trails goes towards Sugapa.

10th Nov 2008 :

0430 hrs leave base camp for final climb up 500mtr near vertical wall using fixed ropes.Travel along ridge and trolleen traverse to summit arriving at 0840 hrs. Zero visibility. Take a few pic`s and grab a bite to eat before leaving summit at 0900hrs for base camp. Arrive back at base camp around 12 ish in heavy rain and hail.

11th Nov 2008 :

Leave base camp and trek towards New Zealand pass. Arrive at our camp area 1500hrs. 1730 hrs I notice 3 people trekking towards our camp, yes it was the 3 new porters to meet Pat + myself. With taking this route it would save 5-7 days of my trek to sea-level.

12th Nov 2008 :

Leave with Lucas, Hermon and Justin our 3 new porters on the trek out. We trekked alot faster with these porters. After trekking for 10 hrs we set up camp beside a river. At 2330 hrs Pat + myself are awoken by alot of noise and shouting and bright coloured lights. I got out of the tent and noticed that the porters camp they were sleeping in had caught fire and they were trying to beat it out. Lucky we were closed to the river because they would fill up there wellington boots with water and put on the fire. Not much point calling "911" or "999" for fire service.

13th Nov 2008 :

0630 hrs leave camp for another long day trekking. At around 1400hrs we came accross some locals on a narrow trail close to the river.They were carrying guns and large machee`s . We could see smoke comming from the other side of the river which was there camp/home. As our porters were talking to the locals a couple of shots were fired from the direction of the camp. Justin (porter) shouted at Pat and myself to run. As we ran along the trail we could get a better look at the locals camp. There were about 15/20 people all running about, most of them with weapons. We kept running for about 30 mins to get away from them. At 1700hrs we arrived at a small village called Sugapa 1. We walked around what was a small playing field with 30/40 locals playing football.There was alot of unfriendly faces as we were passing through. Rather that set up tent that night we opted for sleeping in a smoke filled hut with our porters. Not much sleep had.

14th Nov 2008 :

We arrived in nearby village Sugapa 2 around 1300hrs. This is the village our porters were from. We visit the local market in the village and arrange for new porters for our next trekking section to Enarotali. It is hard trying to get the locals to understand as they don`t understand or speak English. They thought i was stupid wanting to pay porters $1200 to trek for 5 days instead of getting a very small plane for $50 and 30 minutes flight. At times i thought i was stupid. We checked in with the police and got our permit stamped. We stay in Hermons house at night.

15th Nov 2008 :

We meet with new porters Martin,Phille,Moses,Lucas and set off at around 0730 hrs. We meet John Cutts sister Amy just outside of the village. She said we could have problems with some of the villages that we would have to go through.( wanting money from us or holding us captive). We set off again. After about 20minutes walking we meet up with a local travelling in the same direction and heading to a village close to Enarotali. He stood out from the rest of the locals as he was wearing a old long fur lined pink coat and the temp. was now probably in the high 80`s. His name was Agustia and he spoke and understood a little English. He travels along with us. At around 1400 we come across a large track digger pulling down trees and making trails. I started to film this but was soon told to stop by a armed guard. We arrived at our next village Bilalli at 1720 hrs. We meet with local priest and allowed to stay in parish hut/hall. Pat and myself sleep on top of wooden benchs to escape from the vermon and bugs on the floor.

16th Nov 2008 :

0530hrs 2 of the porters say they are tired and injured and will not go today. We speak with Agustia and he arranges yet again 3 new porters for us. Julian,Barto (lizard 1) and Otto (lizard 2). We set off around 0630 ish. At 1000hrs we arive in the village were John Cutts is. We chat for 10 minutes and continue on our journey. We arrive in Wandae village were we stay the night. Locals give us obe`s( sweet potato) and banana`s. Agustia arrange for us to sleep in a local school.

17th Nov 2008 :

At 0500 I walk around the village trying to but obe`s and banana`s from locals for our next part of the trek. 0700 we leave with our 3 porters and Agustia heads in a seperate direction. 1130 we arive in Gabriella and lizard 1 has a problem. He says that we stopping hear and not moving until tomorrow. He takes our bags and things are not looking good. I approach lizard 1 and try to explain we need to keep going. I grab the hold of our bags and lizard picks up a large stick. But this time locals have arrived, standing round with bow+arrows and guns. Pat and I talk and agree (no other choice) that we stay here tonight and move in the morning. We set up tent and things are very tense. In the tent we put all our essential gear into our rucsac in case we have to do a runner tomorrow. No food from locals.

18th Nov 2008 :

0545hrs leave for Enaotali. We walk with some locals who are also going to Enarotali. We do not speak with our porters and kept a very fast pace. Porters struggling to keep up with us but they know they have to for the money. Arrive in Enarotali at 2000hrs - what a relief. John had told us to go to the pasterant when we arrive in Enarotali. Met with the care taker( Jack) and got a room. Paid our porters in $`s and didn`t say any good bye`s. Enarotali is the first place we have seen a vehicle since leaving Timika.

19th Nov 2008 :

Tried to buy a bike but with little success. Spoke with Jack and arranged to meet with a local. Spoke with local and he made contact with Jimmy who owned a 4x4. I spoke with Jimmy and "Yes" he spoke good English. I arranged to hire Jimmy + his vehicle to support me on my final journey of 280km to sea-level at Nabire.Pat was happy with this because he could sit and relax in the vehicle and feed me along the way. There is only one road( what they called roads) from Enarotali to Nabire. While in a store / garage in the town i noticed a small bike in the corner and arranged to hire the bike from the owners son. It was the only thing i could get. Jimmy would return it.

20th Nov 2008 :

Jimmy meets us at 0545hrs and we get the bike. At 0645hrs I leave Enarotail on bike to seal-level at Nabire on the final leg of this trip. Road starts of good but soon get really bad. By 1400hrs my bike has only 1 gear working and no brakes, i have to brake by jamming my foot on top of the rear wheel. Next the rain starts and the roads/tracks become impossible and I continue on past queue`s of vehicles stuck on the road and river crossings. At 1900hrs I stopped at a truck stop (tarp over pieces of wood at the side of the road). They give me hot coffee and i wait to hear from my support vehicle that i had not seen for the last 4 hours. At 1925 hrs i hear Pats voice on the walkie talkie so i know they are close. We meet up and camp at the truck stop all night.

21st Nov 2008 :

At 0545 hrs i take of on my bike, Pat shouts that they will catch up with me in an hour or so. Bad roads and dozens of vehicles stuck on the roads (see the photo`s) means that my support vehicle only catches up with me 8 hours later. At 1805 hrs very tired/cold/hungry/thirsty and wet I arrive at sea-level at Nabire.

11th Dec 2009 :

Arrive in Punta Arenas Chile.
Next few days get gear and all food sorted for trip.

16th Dec 2009 :

Leave Punta for Antarctica arriving at Patriat Hills ( PH ) around 2300hrs.

17th Dec 2009 :

Fly from PH to base camp BC (2100mts) arriving @ midnight.

18th Dec 2009 :

Rest Day.

19th Dec 2009 :

Pack all our gear and food and trek with sledges to low camp LC (2800mts).

20th Dec 2009 :

Carry gear + food to high camp HC (3700mts). Then return back to LC.

21st Dec 2009 :

Take down tents and trek back up to HC with all our gear.

22nd Dec 2009 :

0800 leave camp for summit. 1330 arrived at summit. Zero visibility and light winds. Leave summit @ 1415 for trek back to HC.

23rd Dec 2009 :

Leave HC and trek back to LC then onto BC.

24th/25th Dec 2009 :

At BC due to bad weather.

26th Dec 2009 :

Leave BC for ski out via penquin hill and Zapol glacier reaching Nimitz glacier around 1500hrs.

27th Dec 2009 :

Travel down Nimitz glacier.

28th Dec 2009 :

Continue on the Nimitz glacier and cross the Minnesota glacier.

29th Dec 2009 :

Travel up the Splettstoesser glacier towards the Schneider glacier.

30th Dec 2009 :

Continue along the Schneider and onto the Driscoll glacier.

31st Dec 2009 :

Driscoll towards the Union glacier. V strong winds and zero visibility kept us in the tent for most of the day.

01st Jan 2010 :

Continue on the Driscoll and cross the Union glacier camping at Urban point..

02nd Jan 2010 :

Travel towards Meyers hills and past weaver nunataks setting up camp only 18 km for Hercules inlet.

03rd Jan 2010 :

Arrive at Hercules inlet (frozen sea) at 0900 hrs. Take pic`s then return to same camp as previos night. Take down tent and continue on towards PH via ridge point.

04th Jan 2010 :

Arrive at PH.

06th Jan 2010 :

Flight from PH to Punta Arenas.