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Interesting Flights

• Ameins in an AX2000.
• IOM TT 2006 in a Foxbat.
• Three capitals flight

GPS Flight Tracks

• Otherton to Ameins
• Ameins to Otherton
• Three capitals flight

Chris Hollingworth's website.

Everest Base Camp 2011

On 18th April 2011 I left the UK for Kathmandu, Nepal. From Lukla an 8 day trek to Everest Base Camp.

Everest Base Camp was reached at 27° 59.980'N 86° 50.939'E @ 17,358 feet (5,291m) on Thursday, 28th April 2011.

Some images for fellow trekkers available for download.

The trip is presented in slideshow form, one for each day. (This is a 'work in progress')

Unless where stated to the contrary, the 'GPS' tracks were created manually and plugged into Google Maps. They may loose the path in more than a few places but the effect is still I hope you will agree worthwhile.

In addition, I made a couple of small 'secret recordings' of Jagan(Expedition Sirdar), Bravin, Raz and Zanta on the way from Phakding to Lukla.

In the first, catch Jagan's chat-up line as a group of female trekkers pass us on the way to EBC! Listen out for Jagan, Bravin, Razs, Zanta and Kirsty laughing!

In the second, toward the end, Jagan realises I'm holding my mobile in my hand and not really doing much with it!

Jagan is a runner in this years Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon to be ran on 29th May 2011. This is the world's highest marathon starting at Everest Base Camp and finishing at Namche Bazar. Good luck to you Jagan.

...and finally to put the trek into perspective.

 

Some reading:
Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
      - a brilliant and tragic read.

Some watching:
The Dark Side of Everest (5 parts)

Inside the 1996 Everest Disaster - Ken Kamler

IMAX - Everest (5 Parts)
       - I was riveted to the spot watching these. Forget the slideshows, put the polly on and watch these if nothing else.

Project: Savannah(VG)

After almost 34 months in the build Savannah(VG) G-SAVY took to the air on March 15th 2009 at Sandtoft Airfied, North Lincolnshire. Chief Test Pilot was Chris Copple with myself flying as Test Observer.

First flight at Sandtoft - March 15th 2009, Slideshow or gallery.

In the circuit at Otherton - April 19th 2009, Slideshow or gallery.

Three Capitals flight of Great Britain - May 22nd 2010, Slideshow or gallery.

Read David Bremner's Review of the standard wing Savannah (6mB PDF file).

Project: Back to Running

When I first started running back in the 80's it was more out of a need to avoid the pile of dirty dishes or the overgrown lawn than the desire to improve my fitness. In those days I meticulously logged every time and distance into what became a rather shabby old ledger.

How times have changed. With the marriage of GPS, heart rate monitors and internet technologies I can now with a few mouse clicks have every metric imaginable not only saved and displayed graphically on my desktop but can zoom in from outer space to view my route from above.