Journey to the Himalayas

by Lesley Mapstone

from the archives

Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash

I left a note on my kitchen counter to be found by my loved ones if I didn’t return, before I boarded a flight to Kathmandu, Nepal, six years ago. I had been invited to deliver medical supplies to remote Himalayan villages by British explorer Adrian Hayes who held a world record for being the fastest …