When a light goes out..............

I lost a friend last week - A delightful, steady and passionate mountaineer who was incredibly talented. Tragically killed in an avalanche.

I had climbed and ski mountaineered in Scotland, the Alps and in the Himalaya with him. He helped me and another friend to escape a tent that had collapsed under the weight of snow, in the middle of the night, high on Mt Shisha Pangma.

His infectious smile and love of life will remain with me forever  and in the words of a mutual friend, "He will leave an emptiness behind for me, for all times…"