What if I were to tell you about an insidious being that comes to you in the night and whispers hurtful things to you as you sleep? You’re not fully aware that it’s there, but you’re absorbing the awful messages it delivers to you,…
When I finally reached the top of the Mardi Himal viewpoint – the 4,500 metre peak of my three-day Nepal trek in October 2020 – I thought I’d feel something akin to elation. Instead, if I’m honest, I felt bloody cold. It was freezing…