I Wish You…
Last night, I woke up thinking of the beautiful women I have been mentoring. Such an honour and an inspiration to see them empowered by life and their own […]
Tag Archives: seven summits
Twentieth Anniversary Special!!
2017 marks the twentieth anniversary of my becoming the first Australian woman to climb Mount Everest, as well as the first Australian to climb the highest mountain on each […]
Sadness on Everest
My phone always rings when someone passes away on Everest. In this world of one sound bites, whatever I say is in danger of being misinterpreted, or simplified. So here […]
New ebook version of The Wind in my Hair!
Yes! It only took me fifteen years, I know, it’s all about priorities, and what would life be without a bit of healthy procrastination. I made my peace with […]
The Wind in my Hair…
This was in 1984, the year Peter Hillary led the ill fated Australian – New Zealand expedition to the west Ridge. Our first time in Nepal. My sister and I […]
A little Present to Myself.. Writing, Writing, Feeling, Thinking, Living, Loving.
The smell did it. No. The idea of the smell. That’s what got me cleaning my MSR stoves. The smell of waking up in the middle of the night to […]
The Inner Voice
I thank God for the need I have to listen to my heart. The Inner Voice that steers me right, even if it rocks the boat of the Familiar or […]
The Artist Studio
Life is the studio of course, wherever our art of happily revering the moment takes us. Time and space as one, always. Everything, everyone of us life drops of a […]
Beyond the Smile 