Well not a work blog here as after filming for two weeks I thought I might as well take a month off from work as I was in Asia and I had never been here before.

I have read many books on the Himalaya and several mates have guided Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam or have just climbed on them for themselves. So I thought it would be great to spend a few weeks and trek into see the peaks for myself and experience the amazing Sherpa country. So I went to climb a peak called Tokyo Ri at 5350m which would give me a stunning view of Everest and take me through many of the places I had heard about.

Everest is the higher peak to the left of the sun. Taken from the summit of Gokyo Ri at 5350m

I fly out to Asia for my first time ever to spend a week in Nepal filming a documentary as director of photography with Thunderdragon fund. I worked on this documentary in Scotland with Gerry Moffat back in April May and they were keen on my footage so I got to head to Asia for two weeks filming with them:)

The first week was in Nepal in a small local village where an old friend of Gerry’s has been involved in turning it into a kind of Airbnb style place where you stay with the locals in a beautiful hilltop village over looking the Annapurna range. It was an amazing place with lovely people.

My goal was to catch the mountains in the distance and then catch the locals working with nature in detail. I had an awesome time and the memory of this place will stay with me for a long time:) Some pics below of our stay.

The company I worked for is https://thunderdragonfund.org if you want to check out the progress of the film or to find out more about the amazing Gerry and his adventures:)

The village we stayed in is: www.annapurnahomestay.com if you are interested in looking into it or going for your own stay there:)

Riepe village on the left and Annapurna on the right of shot:)

DECEMBER 2019 - A Himalayan holiday for Perfect View productions:)

NOVEMBER 2019 - Filming in Nepal