While trekking to Everest base camp on the Nepalese side in 2007 I decided there and then I needed way more from my travels. My adventure genes had been stoked and suddenly my mind became fixated on a crazy world full of possibilities. For the next 5 months my mind rarely wandered from devising  an adventure of such proportions to cure what was becoming an obsession.  Initially I‘d decided to visit all 14 base camps at the base of the worlds 8000m+ mountains. I quickly got bored with this Idea as it's a pretty simple task to accomplish in a single summer season. I then decided to up the stakes and walk to each one from start to finish with minimal vehicle travel (getting across borders etc). 5 minutes on Google Earth confirmed it could in theory be done and that was all I needed. Due to work commitments I left too late in the year to realistically complete my task but I would give it my best shot. I set off with zero trekking miles in my legs and with my moto of "give me seven days and I'll do anything". Seven days later I was barely able to walk from crippling blisters.  6 months later I'd walked 2840Km on foot across the Himalaya starting in Pakistan visiting Nanga Parbat,  K2 and Broad peak base camps and then crossing into India. From Kashmir I hooked up my trolley to my backside and began to walk a stunning 1938Km on foot pulling my trolley across 5000m+ passes and averaging 48.5Km per day with a maximum distance of 61Km, often walking into the night by torch light and sleeping by the side of the road....a truly remarkable feat!  Then into Nepal.  It quickly became apparent that Nepal was going to be impossible to walk across with the remaining time but I started with a few days trekking in Darchula province on the west of Nepal where literally no one treks. I was the 3rd tourist in that year. I was blown away by the locals who were as friendly as can be and truly generous. Maybe it was the highlight of my trip. The bus took me to Pokhara from where I trekked to Annapurna base camp in 2.5 days then onto Manaslu, Dhaulagiri circuit in 5 days, Tilicho Lake, Cho Oyu, Everest and Lhotse base camps and all but the K2 trek solo (the only way to do it). By this time winter was setting in and the intensity of my trip had taken its toll both mentally and physically. Drained I retuned to Pokhara to gorge and contemplate readjusting to a life back in the so called normal world. I started the trip writing a detailed diary but soon I was on the road for 12 hours a day excluding breaks and the diary fell by the wayside to help cure the constant exhaustion and need for sleep. My aim is one day to write that diary from my notes mainly so that I can remember what it was like and to give anyone else who is interested an insight into a remarkable trip.