Hi everyone sorry bout not posting sooner, had some trouble with pda, but thanks to my loyal administrators , paul n simone, I’m back on line.

The climb was a lot difficult as I said earlier and I felt I gave it my best in terms of getting to 6050m, my best but not good enough to reach the summit.

mind you the guide who has 15 yrs experience said to me quietly last night that I read all the symptoms and made the correct decision in turning round so close to the summit, so that was nice and I respect that.

paul,our team of climbing sherpas fixed rope for us but there was ropes on the headwall and summit ridge, but I’m not sure how good they are.

out of 8 in the group 3 summited and me getting close, so island peak was a lot harder than people think. and I have found out today only bout handful out of the 20/30 climbers that night summited.

we have now made our way back to dingboche abd namche bazarre tommorw for beers! and yak steak.can’t wait.

this trip has been so mentally and physically challenging but in another way I’m so lucky to have experienced it and to have you all along for the ride has been fantastic.

if you ever want to challenge yourself and step out of ur comfort zone ....do it, not just nepal but anything that will test u...its hard and uncomfortable but worth it....I sit here in the lodge and am very grateful for doing this...I guess in retrospect is it all bout the summit ?

thankyou for all ur supporting msgs and advice and comedy....its made it so much easy.....

regards kade