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Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders have returned to the UK after being repelled for a second time this year by the still unclimbed 6,362m Himalayan mountain Chombu. After overcoming numerous permit challenges, bad weather and terrible climbing conditions, Mick and Vic climbed to within 250 metres of the summit before succumbing to food poisoning. During the Berghaus sponsored expedition, despite the huge disappointment of not topping out, Mick was able to definitively establish that using a colostomy bag will not limit his Himalayan climbing ambitions.

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In reply to UKC Gear:

So come on, don't be coy.  Which brand of freeze-dried food gives you the trots?

In reply to Deadeye:

You really don't want it to be a sponsor's food, do you!

In reply to Southvillain:

Ha!

But it's more likely to be contamination-related (themselves or, lower down, a third party)

In reply to UKC Gear:

Total leg ends