Category Archives: Training

Paramedics ROCK!
Less than two weeks to go!! And the excitement is definitely mounting. This weekend was immensely cool. Not least the speedboat experience on Loch Lomond (see title picture) but also a little pre-hospital top up with the Scottish Ambulance Service!

Paramedics ROCK!
Less than two weeks to go!! And the excitement is definitely mounting. This weekend was immensely cool. Not least the speedboat experience on Loch Lomond (see title picture) but also a little pre-hospital top up with the Scottish Ambulance Service!

Himalayan Rescue Association
”1530 – Still no sign, so I’ll continue. In Pemba’s able hands we made it 900m down to Periche by about 1730. 25 km we had walked, he tells us. My face had already started to feel better, just some

Himalayan Rescue Association
”1530 – Still no sign, so I’ll continue. In Pemba’s able hands we made it 900m down to Periche by about 1730. 25 km we had walked, he tells us. My face had already started to feel better, just some

Patience is a virtue
…that I do not have. This whole waiting thing is driving me crazy and I have now turned into a skeptical cynic. After numerous phone calls and strangely worded emails from my very cheap flights travel agent (I’m being kind

Patience is a virtue
…that I do not have. This whole waiting thing is driving me crazy and I have now turned into a skeptical cynic. After numerous phone calls and strangely worded emails from my very cheap flights travel agent (I’m being kind

Snow Day
Today, I had some unexpected training. Today, was the day I was supposed to leave for Kathmandu and onwards to Everest Base Camp. Alas, the weather had other plans… All packed, last minute checks carried out, last minute errands half

D-Day
It is currently 4.30am on the day of my departure. No, I have not got up for an early morning flight. In fact, I have actually not yet slept. Firstly, let me apologise for not having been on the scene