Final Preparations...

An awful lot has gone on over the last few days - Rogers foot has been cured by a sadomasicistic physio - apparently she insisted on upping the voltage of his 'therapy'. What me Mike and Jules are trying to work out is why he wants to carry on the sessions after the climb. Hmmm.

We have sorted out the cooking logistics - rather than getting the drivers to prepare food each time we come down and all the mess involved we found a website www.hotcan.com that provides self-heating food - just open the packs and after a few minutes you have hot food!

All that remains now is for us all to pack - we're meeting up later on today to drive to the airport.

Personally I'm quite nervous, but also excited. All of a sudden a mad idea down the pub on a dark December evening is reality. A big reality and somthing that over the course of the next 48 hours we are all likely to never forget.