Director training for life-long ambition to climb world's highest mountain endures breathing difficulties and avalanches
Hiscox chief operating officer Alan Millard has set up a blog describing his incredible quest to climb Mount Everest.
Millard's latest blog reveals how difficult training is to climb the world's highest mountain, which he expects to complete within the next two months.
Millard is now in training, having reached base camp near Everest.
He writes: "Just focusing on breathing at the moment. Every movement makes me out of breath, it’s ridiculous really, and makes me wonder how I’m ever going to climb Everest. If you have ever taken a quick ski lift up high or maybe your first walk after an operation then you’ll have some feel of what it’s like. Now imagine that all the time.
"Our Base Camp is on a glacier at 18,000ft. It is on very rocky moraine with the ice just underneath. It is not as flat as you might expect as there are 30-40ft hillocks all around. These are caused by the ice melting slower under the rocks when the sun comes."
The mountaineer adds: "Whilst writing this I have just heard the roar of another avalanche nearby. Reminding me of how much my success will be decided by Mother Nature."
Milard's blog can be followed on http://everestexpedition2011.co.uk/
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