Everest, Sagarmata, Chomolumyo whatever name she is given or by whatever faith the mountain answers to seems to control everything around here.
Last night she sent a snow storm to test our resolve. She even spoke to Ade (our guide), to get us all out of bed at the unholy hour of 6.00 am. to further test our resolve.
She also sent one of the most beautiful days the Himalaya has known. I got this from no less an authority than Alan (Sir Alan Of Hobson) Hobson who has not only summitted our elusive friend Everest ,but been turned back by her also, and not just once, but twice.
There is no failure in the mountain. We are at the mercy of the Himalaya itself, the mountains decide who shall or shalt not pass.
Today she allowed our Love Hope Strength team / family / band to look at her charms from 18.540 feet and to share with her some of our humble songs and to break the record for the world¹s highest concert on land. (Glenn Tilbrook also took the record for the world¹s highest duck walk).
Sacrifices have been made all through the team to get this far, not just by those that made it, but by those that stayed behind so that others may triumph.
We have all come through this beautiful experience together, and we as a collective have been able to show the world that cancer can be beaten.
We are all helping to build a world class cancer centre in Bhaktapur so that the beautiful Nepalese people (who have played such a vital part in our dream), can have access to the same treatments that have enabled people like myself and the other cancer survivors here to come through diagnosis, treatment, recovery and now enlightenment.
It is our role as a foundation to keep the fight going to make sure not only people but governments sit up and take notice. We will.
On the mountain today, Alan Hobson told me that when he was diagnosed with Leukaemia, he called his local cancer support network and asked them the question most people want to ask when they get sick. How many people survive this kind of cancer? They could only tell him how many people die from cancer.
We, as a foundation, are dedicated to changing that. Now is the time to tell the world about how many people survive, that is why have we all climbed our personal Everest and gone to the summit of Kala Patthar, here to Gorak Shep or down below in Namche Bazaar.
Because of the publicity, the TV camera, the website, the podcasts, the videos and every single upward step taken by each and everyone of the LOVE HOPE STRENGTH. the world is sitting up and taking notice if this is what we have to do to get the message across to the world then let¹s do it again. I am proud to have walked with every single one of you and I would
hope to walk with you again in the future. Let's go home!!!
