Hi everyone – we’re all back safe and sound in the hotel now. It was an incredibly arduous last couple of days but everyone did amazingly well. Three of the disabled climbers reached the summit, as did the majority of the buddies, and the whole film crew (just!). There will be lots of photos and videos and more audio to come, but we get on a plane in a few hours so I’ll catch up on everything tomorrow when there is an internet connection that actually works!

Thanks for all the compositions. I’ll go through them all as soon as I get a chance. Here’s a post I wrote for the blog a few days ago, but due to technical problems we weren’t able to publish it…

Hi all. I’m writing this in the mess tent at approx 15,000 feet. Tomorrow we have another big climb, have a rest in the evening, then get up again at midnight for our summit approach. Five of the party have gone down, but everyone achieved at least 14,000ft and there are some amazing stories to tell. We’re all safe and well, within the parameters of doing something crazy like this, and missing all our loved ones (my beautiful girlfriend in particular!).

Sorry to not have been in touch as much as I would have liked. We’ve been having an amazing experience as the videos and stills that will hopefully emerge over the next ten days or so will show, but the key thing that has added an extra challenge has been the huge range of speed of the climbers. This has meant that we have had very little time at the beginning and end of the day, and also it’s put an extra pressure on all our solar technology and charging.

I’m sure the guys at Sibelius HQ have been logging and listening to all the pieces that have been sent in, and all the messages of good luck. I’ll definitely be listening and reading everything that’s been sent in and will respond as soon as we’re back down.

Wish us look for the summit ascent and we’ll be in touch with many more pics, videos and hopefully music when we’re back down.

PS Here’s a heartbreaking recording I made up here of one of the guides, Frank Mgoya, singing a song which I’ll tell you more about later.

Cheers
Michael

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