• To Australia Camp and back again; Or how to endure the gravity of giants

    To leave Kathmandu is to shed the city's chaotic gravity for the silent promise of the Annapurnas. We climbed to Australian Camp not to conquer the mountain, but to celebrate a milestone: my twins turning six and to my embarking on a new sabbatical. While I bargained with the jealous god of gravity on the stone steps, they bounded up as sparks of kinetic joy; a reminder that watching your children grow against a backdrop of eternal snow is to feel the devastating speed of time.
  • Stop and Breathe: Why I Prioritised Health Over Career

    No more OKRs, just elevation gains. I've pressed pause on my career to trek Pikey Peak, Everest Base Camp, and finally use the amazing backyard I've neglected.
  • George Orwell - the Nostradamus of his time

    Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
  • My progress reading in 2025

    I set out with a simple goal for 2025 - to read 12 books to stop the endless doom-scrolling and being constantly stuck in the YouTube shorts algorithm. I somehow failed that goal in the best way possible - I managed to accidentally read 26. That’s an enormous return on my investment, which frankly, makes this the most successful project I managed all year.
  • Project 300: 109kg to the Finish Line

    109kg. 43 years old. Unfit. I have 300 days to transform my health and train for Nepal's 25km Fishtail Race. This is the start of Project 300.
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