Hi Laurence
Very many thanks for your kind words and for joining another expedition. You're right - we are the Hotel California of the adventure climbing world! It could be that if anyone starts to look a little peaky, we send them off to the mountains under the pretext of research when, really, it's to refresh the spirit, as it does for us all!
Have a refreshing time in Nepal, and let me know how you get on once you're home.
Best wishes, Simon