Lost and found...

It all started off so well! But somehow it all fell by the wayside - it's time to pick it up again, I feel. But, what happened in the meantime? Far too much to retrospectively do postings for but a quick summary runs like this:

2007: Rwanda finished up work there about September (lived there for 7 months), in Aug I ran the Mt Snowdown fell race with Zak, and also took mum to Lille on the Eurostar 1st class, a lovely experience (and not expensive).

2008: A 5 wk trip around Japan with 2 wks skiing in Sapporo. Also a week skiing Verbier, 6 weeks in Chennai again for work, a wedding in Zurich, Las Vegas with "the gauchos", and odd weeks work here and there like in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

2009: 6 weeks in Denver for work and skiing, a bit of skiing in Chamonix, and 6-week long work trips to each of Malawi, Mozambique & Ghana, Gaucho trip to NYC.

2010: A winter season in Chamonix (minimal work) getting into independent ski mountaineering, followed by 5 weeks work in Haiti just 3 months after the earthquake, a weeks hol in the Dom Rep kitesurfing, more work in Denver, a weeks hol in Devon & Cornwall, a couple of short work trips to Kinshasa (Congo), 5 weeks in Zambia for work (visited the falls), ran a couple of trail races including the "Hell runner down south" (12 miles of mud and chest-deep water), and finally southern Spain for xmas with family.

2011: 2nd winter season in Chamonix - but after a weeks great skiing (in rubbish snow conditions) I fell in a crevasse and busted a knee ligament so spent 3 months recovering there. I did get to ski for about 3 weeks at the end though. Then a fairly quiet work travel life, with 2 separate weeks in Colombia (Bogota) and 3 weeks in Maputo. Xmas in the dales with family.

2012: Now starting a 3rd winter season in Chamonix...