Pádraig O’Hora’s Everest Diary: ‘We wonder whether the icefall will ever become passable’
An icefall and an ankle injury present new challenges to mind and body
Everest expedition
‘At Everest Base Camp, we learned the route is the most dangerous it’s been in over 20 years’
Back at Everest Base Camp, an impassable icefall brings the first major disruption to the summit plan
Pádraig O’Hora’s Everest Diary: ‘Headaches, vomiting continuously, and blood along with it’
Despite all the training, altitude sickness has struck and it’s time for a retreat to recover. Better now than later
Pádraig O’Hora: ‘We’re off on the adventure of a lifetime while the world is on fire’
The former Mayo footballer is having both positive and negative thoughts about his planned assault on Everest’s summit
Pádraig O’Hora: ‘My answer isn’t in the pub. My answer is in the sea or it’s on the mountain’
The ex-Mayo footballer is always searching for peace of mind – over the next two months, he will try to find it on the world’s highest mountain
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