Mountain Clients

During the 50th Anniversary (2003) celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest by a New Zealand climber and a Nepalese Sherpa, the British press laughed in the face of British mountaineering: ‘No One Climbs Everest. British Mountaineers celebrate Coronation By Staying At Home. As dawn broke over the Himalayas, an astonished scene greeted the world’s media.

For the first time in living memory, no one climbed Everest for an entire day. Said veteran guide Sherpa Howard, “It was eerie. The great peak towered above us, with not a single climber in sight.” Not a single British climber could be seen standing on the summit of the world’s highest mountain (yet again) waving a Union jack and throwing away an empty lager can.’: Private Eye, 2003.