wild swim mum - Oct 4, 2011

First adventure 9 weeks post birth

adventuremum - Oct 4, 2011

A new member of the Madge household to get up to no good

A Short Ski in the Hindu Kush - Jul 27, 2010

Two women on a horse ski mountaineering odyssey in Afghanistan. Sounds bonkers? Read on

 

Afghanistan:terrorism or tourism - Jan 26, 2010

Afghanistan: terrorism or tourism?

There’s more to Afghanistan than Helmland Province and the Taliban, and I’m hatching a plan to go ski mountaineering there in May and June 2010.

Inner Game of Golf - Jul 29, 2009

Learning to play golf with the 'Inner Game' philosophy

Avalanche - Mar 7, 2009

Chamonix avalanche

Jul 27, 2010

Two women on a horse ski mountaineering odyssey in Afghanistan. Sounds bonkers? Read on

 

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With no maps or photos to guide us, we travelled along the krux of the Silk Route through the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains, stopping wherever a snowy mountain tickled our fancy. A part of the World where only a handful of Westerners have been since Marco polo in 1271, we discovered a place where no one has climbed or seen skis, far away from the bombs and burkas of this beautiful country.  For the whole story, click on the story on the home page.  Photos are up on my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzymadge/sets/72157624346249452/

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