The adventure continues…

Day 5 and 6 -Shigatse-Tingri and Everest Base Camp

Shigatse was another beautiful town and today was the day I was going to see Everest and stay at base camp. The group was buzzing- some on oxygen, some of us ok. We did hire some portable oxygen to take with us to base camp just in case. In Shigatse is where it started to feel cold. We decided to head straight to Everest and took in amazing scenery at Dingri of course I took so many photos..

A bit of a travel diary of my trip I am not going fully into depth as this was my experience of Tibet and I want to leave it open and not give it all away in case you are deciding to go to Tibet yourself. Tibet is a place you must experience to understand, to be immersed in the culture and people and landscape and I love that about Tibet. From the YouTube videos I have seen, blogs I have read on Tibet and documentaries- none have done it justice nor will mine. Tibet isn’t just a place it is a feeling ,emotion and energy itself that no words can describe or articulate, a lot like I experienced Antarctica in that same way. But for those that cannot travel and want to know what Tibet is like and are traveling along with me, here we go.

It was always a dream of mine to visit Tibet and Everest Base camp to experience the amazing landscapes of Tibet and the rich Buddhist culture and local people and I finally got to travel and visit, and it was incredible. The spirituality amongst the Tibetan mountains and Himalayas was breathtaking and it was that dream come true to stand at Everest base Camp, explore monasteries and photograph the sweeping mountains and vistas.

A place I would love to go back to visit. A place where I found a lot of inner peace, strength and huge sense of accomplishment, making it to 5200 above sea level at the foot of Everest on the Tibet side, the North Face on the rooftop of the world or Third pole.

I call my inner critic Fred after the funny old movie Drop Dead Fred. He sits on my right shoulder and looks like a troll doll version of the hilarious character in the movie. He can really be mean and hurtful, as funny as he looks. He is never there when I deal in my businesses or photography and art professionally, I am in complete control but my personal photography and art wise anything I put my heart and soul into with vulnerability he pops out.

I have wanted to start a blog for many years however I kept putting it off. Due to Self-doubt, vulnerability and fear of putting myself and my work out there it froze me for a long time. That fear I think a lot of us face at different times. I will talk about it more in future blog posts and use my degree in welfare Studies to unpack that a little. As well as other issues we can face in photography and art not just diarize my travels and adventures though I can promise these will be epic!!!

If you are planning a trip to Antarctica and wondering what to pack, your tour/cruise to Antarctica will probably give you a list of what you need and often supply your summit jackets and muck boots when you board along with basic toiletries but thought I would share what I personally packed as when I first booked, I searched the net trying to find a female photographer packing list and didn’t find any at all it was just gear..

The C words- Covid and Cancer- Antarctica’s Heartbeat Series.

A lot of people have asked about this series and how I handled getting Covid in one of the most beautiful places on earth that I had dreamt about visiting since I was a little girl so to answer that...