On my way to Australia to see my family and join my son Joe for a trek in Bhutan, I stopped off in Hong Kong to give a lecture to a packed house for the Hong Kong Section of the Royal Geographical Society, meet up with old friends and going for a walk with my good friends of Berghaus Asia.
| Meeting up with friend of many years, Leo Murray at my lecture to the Hong Kong Section of the RGS. We had more than A full house – they were sitting in the Aisles and standing at the back. |
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| Last Sunday, the morning after we arrived in Hong Kong, Christian Larrson, our base camp manager on the 1985 Norwegian Everest Expedition (far right) invited me on a boat trip to one of the Hong Kong Islands. Rupert McGowan, Directer of the Hong Kong Section is on the left. |
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| Heading for our boat, a lovely old wooden launch. |
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| Our host and boat owner, on the right, entertaining us very well – if only all expeditions were like this! |
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| On Tuesday I had a great afternoon with our team from Berghaus Asia on a walk over Jardine’s Lookout and Mount Butler. Hong Kong is the most amazing city in the World where a few minutes walk from the dynamic city of high rises you can be on a path through impenetrable bush leading into wild hilly country. |
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| Looking down at the city from Jardine’s Lookout |
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| Coming up to the top of Mount Butler |
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| Just in case we think we are lost! |
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| On top of our mini Everest at the end of a real fun walk – and of course we’ve got to get down!!! |
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