Sep 24 – Its summit time!
Below is the exchange of SMS between myself and David today. DAVID: “Nice walk today. Still wasted from yest climb. Making and drinking fluids now, shutting down comms by 8pm. Still dehydrated, so long...
Sep 25 – 11:23AM summit day difficulties
11:23AM Singapore time. I just received a very broken Thuruya satellite phone call from David. They have reached a point...
Sep 25 – back at high camp but tired
15:45 hrs: A short message from Roz “Just arrived at highcamp”. So it looks like they made it safely down...
Down to Basecamp 5200m
26th Sept, 2012 0800hrs: Just woke up after a 12 hours of sleep. Melting snow now to make enough water for today’s hike down to BaseCamp. Will be packin up High Camp after breakfast. 1600hrs:...
Goodbye Longyala
Now on a 700km ride back to Golmud. Amazing horizon to horizon views of the Tibetan plateau. This is big...
Back at Home But still on the Mountain
Ever get that feeling that you are still in the mountainseven if you are back at home? It was quite...
Expedition Photo Gallery is up! 7th October 2012
Enjoy the couple of dozen photos here, and thanks for dropping by
Qinghai Virgin Peaks Expedition 2012
Welcome to the Qinghai Virgin Peaks Expedition 2012 blog pages. In Sep 2012, two Singaporean mountaineers will travel to Qinghai,...
KINABALU IN A DAY – Climbing Borneo’s 4095m Summit in a Day
From August 22 – 25, David Lim will be in the Malaysian state of Sabah, making at attempt to climb from...
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