A Distant Dream

Although we are usually the type of people that do what we say we are going to do, never in a million years did I think that we would actually ever really book it.

Let me take you back to the beginning. Over the past year and a half I had fleetingly mentioned at a few dinner parties, nights out, etc. that I wanted to go to Mount Everest. Even though I had said it, I didn't actually realise that a normal person could go there. I thought that you had to be a trained mountaineer to get near it. It was just a dream that I would never fulfil. Then I read a book called  the Epic of Mount Everest. It was written over 60 years ago and detailed the first three British attempts to summit. The book consumed me and I just had to get there. I began to do some research and couldn't believe it when I found out that regular people like me could do a two week trek to the basecamp. It began to become a real option. I would be 30 in September and could not contain my excitement of going to Mount Everest to celebrate. Johnny was apprehensive and was the one asking all the sensible questions but in my mind, nothing he could say could stop my mind racing forward. Although we had no spare money, I had it already booked in my mind. After a tough few months within our circle of friends in Inchicore, we made the decision. Life was too short and no matter how much it costed we would have the most amazing memories for the rest of our lives. We knew that we would have to save like mad but it would be worth it. So we booked it. We were going to Everest on the 30/09/2011.

Fi