Hey Marty,

Keep enjoying and writing - hanging of every word.

Neil

Last day in Kathmandu

Flying to Lhasa tomorrow morning...

Walking along the crazy streets here very early yesterday morning and looking up at the mass of electrical wires straddling across the roof tops - there were two huge monkeys using the wires as tightropes - bouncing from roof to roof...reminded me of Manchester United supporters!! That was just for Dan....

Off to see a Hindu temple this morning (part of some wonderful sightseeing tour)...apparently this is where they burn the stiffies and float them down the river - 50 to 60 at a time...shold be interesting. Nothing like the smell of Napalm first thing in the morning :-)

Still have my sick sense of humour...

Update

Yo Marty

As promised, Bolton 2 - Arsenal 1

Enjoy

I Have Surfaced....

Finally in Kathmandu...what a crazy crazy place...Good trip over - no issues.
Was counting the number of times I heard a car sound it's horn today - I lost count at 34,555,732...no kidding.
Hey Brian - they have EVEREST beers here - I will bring you back a label!!
Found a 'real' North Face outlet here - F&^%...it is 50% the price of gear in Oz...not happy!
Sightseeing on Monfay and then out of here!
PS - I have taken a picture of the world's worst toilet. I was going to post it - but you would have chucked up -  later!!

Enjoy

Well Mr Thorpe, you are well on your way now and as promised, will keep you up to date on the Soccer. Now I recall on Wednesday a rather 'perky' conversation with you about 'United dropped points bla bla bla' but of course I rested in the knowledge that we were top and Arsenal were not. Now the sad news, on the day of your departure, Arsenal are not even second, passed by Chelsea because they also dropped points.

Of course, this is all really a bunch of crap compared to the mountain you are heading to. Enjoy, break wind and stay safe.

Bugga....

So here's a challenge...I have a kit bag which is 140 litres in capacity...which is now full and overflowing. My Backpack is 70 litres...how the hell is all this kit going to fit in there? Bugga it - I will sort it out in Kathmandu...
Give me a beer!

Climbing v a Million Monkeys..... Mmm yeah I would rather go climbing

Marty

"Im sure [Climbing is] more interesting than your day time activity, which closely resembles the million monkeys theory" :-)

Have a blast, and enjoy your trip !

Good luck and have fun!

Have fun and stay safe Ol' Mountain Man Marty! Oh and lets hope we see Mrs Marty Palmers daughters safe and sound when you get back!

What do butterflies get when they're nervous?

Hey Marty,

Good luck with this amazing adventure! It's such an awesome pursuit to take on and the training alone is a great feat.

Will love to see the photo's and an account of your experiences as you go through the process. Wishing you a safe climb and a truly fantastic experience!

Come back in one piece!!!

Compensating for something

Marty Is this constant need to climb up bigger and bigger mountains, compensating for something?

Everest attire

I will pay you 5 Euros if you take a picture wearing high heels at the summit.

All jokes aside: good luck!!!

Popping over to Melbourne for a weekend

Hi there mister Thorpe, How are things? All good here. Still working in the centre of Ireland (PDU OSS), and could be here for another while.... Not sure I will be able to pop over to Melbourne for a few drinks for a weekend, but you never know. I am trying to get myself down under for a work trip, but will see how it goes. Hope all is well!

Kouyias turns 35

Mr K - good to talk with you. We will catch-up in Melbourne on my return and talk shite in Melbourne for the weekend. Good to see if we can get the mad viking over!

20 Sleeps to go!

Good to see all the guys and girls signing up to the Blog. Should make for some interesting conversations over the coming weeks! Please don't post too may sentences with long words - Daniel struggles with words of more than 2 syllables :-)

Lawrieeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Dad's favourite daughter.....go Dadddddddddddddddd

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