An article about our 2015 expedition to the Cordillera Real appeared in American Alpine Journal!
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JOHN DA SILVA – THE AC OPEN EXPEDITION TO THE CORDILLERA REAL BOLIVIA 2015
John da Silva’s lecture about our 2015 expedition to the Cordillera Real, Bolivia.
JOHN DA SILVA – THE AC OPEN EXPEDITION TO THE CORDILLERA REAL BOLIVIA 2015
“A REAL LIFE” – CORDILLERA REAL, BOLIVIA (30.5 – 1.7.2015)
London – Gatwick Airport, 30th May 2015
I’m on board of the Airbus A340 which is ready to take off. Yesterday, I took a one-month unpaid leave from my boring job. In order to cover the cost of my participation in the Alpine Club’s expedition to Cordillera Real, I loaded my credit card with over two thousand pound debt. Apart from this, I recently split up with a girl I had been dating for the last few months. To be fair, this had nothing to do with this expedition. I knew she wasn’t interested in me anyway and I just had a good excuse to finish it. At least once I can say that it was me who broke up, no other way round. So now I’m sitting on this plane thinking to myself “what the f*** am I doing here”.
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ALPINE CLUB’S OPEN EXPEDITION TO CORDILLERA REAL, BOLIVIA 2015
My article for the November 2015 issue of the Alpine Club’s Newsletter.
