Can you remember the exact moment you took a decision that closed the door on something you really cared about? It was August 1988 and I was in a Fokker F27, spiralling upwards from an airstrip between jagged peaks in the Karakoram Himalayas. A friend and I had just made the first ascent of a 22,000ft peak and now we were going home. I had used up most of my nine lives in avalanches and terrifying falls on the edge of the Kashmir war zone and it was time to focus on my family and my career. Sometimes, however, we do get a second chance, and for me, many years…

Source: The Times March 04, 2018 00:00 UTC