Originally there were five Lipstick Blondes on the trip to Cho Oyu, Carole, Suzy and Squash attempting a summit and Lou and Inga, 'mountain virgins', going for Advanced Base Camp.
However, just a week before we departed Carole was told that she could not get a visa for Tibet as she was a 'wicked' journalist.
Read the email below to see how she felt about that.....
To all my lovely climbing ex companions,
Just got back from Norway and decided to be all adult about my expulsion from Team GB Lippy - and not to get mad but get even. To that end I have bought some new wool and will sit at home and crochet all my frustrations out in a new range of lipstick blond head bands. Still at the design stage but will keep you in the loop (geddit!!!).
So I am abandoing all hope of getting to the mountain with you but Paul and I are going to tackle a few peaks on Dartmoor with a wet copy of the BMC magazine over our faces in a bikini with just some chocolate covered kendal mint cake for food just so I get some sense of what I am missing.
You girls all have a great time and just remember the lipstick blond mantra, "You may get to the summit, but consider carefully replacing your Jimmy Cho's with some ugly clumpy boots."
Just remember lipsticksblondes, Eyes and teeth!
Grounded Carole
Then when we arrived in Kathmandu yesterday we were greeted with the news that Inga and Lou also couldn't get a visa, as they were 'trekkers' not climbers'... and therefore must be secret spies on some kind of massive under cover mission!
So... that leaves just Suzy and squash in a group of 20 men. Awful. To see how we survive our predicament contiue to read our blog....
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