When does the story really start?

Its two and a half weeks until we say goodbye to our families and start our adventure. Will that be the start of the story? Or is it now when I create the first blog and let the tale unfold.

Maybe it started 6 years ago when I started to sail and then race high performance sailboats; maybe it was 15 years ago when I started winter climbing; maybe it was when I first skied aged 13, nearly 27 years ago.

Could it be as I enter my 40th year it really is some kind of mid life crisis type thing? I never was into sports cars or I might just have bought one of them (wouldn't involved getting cold, wet and seasick but too late to change my mind now!)

Truth is I don't really know. But as the intro said, the dawning of this trip really took place in a cafe above an outdoor shop in rural Scotland. Before then it was just some kind of fantasy idea bourne of surfing the web too long and dreaming of adventure...

This blog will be created by Alan and Chris as we travel. I hope you enjoy it. I hope the adventure has good tales to tell and most of all I hope you find yourself in a position to donate to our chosen charity CLIC Sargent.

Alan