A blog without posts isn't much to look at.
There has been reason enough not to post however, as it has looked for the most part of this past week as though the closest I would get to the Himalayas would be a Google search.
The short version of events is that I rented a fancy air cushion as a precaution against pressure sores (one of the man risks for us tetraplegics on this trip) but under inflated it. The result was, I discovered two very red and inflamed areas on my butt two days before we were due to depart.
The uninitiated might not think of this as a major problem but once you've seen the ulcers that can result, consigning a person to bed for months on end, you learn to be hyper-cautious. And so, on the morning of departure I declared myself unfit to travel - a tent on the Tibetan Plateau is not the place to be on bed rest.
Karen and my travel broker, Sally Lockhead, convinced me otherwise I think and so this first post is written from my bed in the Nikko hotel, Hong Kong. I have been lying here for the last two days hoping for improvement. Happily there is some and I'll fly to Kathmandu with the rest of the team this afternoon. If I come through today's travel ok, I'll make the ride.
My impressions of Hong Kong...nice room and comfortable bed.
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