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I left Everest without summiting. Making the decision to leave was heart breaking, painful and one that I thought over very well. I cried a lot in my tent. And prayed.

I am at home, and today is my last day of quarantine. All my Covid tests have been negative.I am still feeling tired – sleeping during the day comes easily these days, as if my body wants to shut off…

Mount Kosciuszko is mainland Australia’s highest mountain at 2,228 meters (7,310 ft) above sea level. It’s located within the Kosciuszko National Park, and from the ski town in Thredbo Village it’s only a 13 km return walk to the summit.

We climb from our 14,000 feet camp up to 17,000 feet. I can’t lie… it was hard. The fixed lines were surprisingly the easiest to do, but there were high stretches and really thin walking sections along the ridges.

I arrived in Anchorage in the evening and checked into the hotel. I arrived with a very heavy heart. My mother in law, Bonnie, has been diagnosed as ‘failure to thrive’ and moved to a hospice room for the family…

Today we moved to Camp 2, Nido de Condores, which stands at 5,560 metres. There are mountains all around us, yet it seems we are above them all.

After the Air Canada fiasco, and those of you that follow me on Instagram know about the ordeal and the inconvenience caused by Air Canada when they only decided to turn around a flight after 3 and a half hours…

It’s Wednesday morning – Summit day - and the sun is out! I have gotten used to it being daylight 24 hours a day, but somehow the sun shining over high camp is particularly special.

After dinner at Union Glacier, there was talk about the possibility to have us flown to base camp that evening, there was even a person from ALE walking around with a flight scheduled. But the weather did not co-operate, and…

Climbing Mount Vinson and going to Antarctica was nerve wracking. I felt there was a lot riding on the success of the expedition, and not just monetarily – the degree of coldness added a whole new level of potential challenges…

Stigma or discrimination attached to mental illnesses presents a serious barrier, not only to diagnosis and treatment but also to acceptance in the community. *

It is Sunday, July 29th, 2018 and to the ‘Putin on the Ritz’ team, day 9 of our adventure. My alarm is set for 2:00am for breakfast, but I, like several of my teammates, was already up. Vern turns on…

Create a World in which everyone believes life is worth living. These powerful words where part of the last sentence Mr Chown, the Director of Events for CAMH wrote in a thank you letter addressed to Peaks for Change in…