I put my ski wear in an empty drawer, now called my Kili drawer. I also popped in a pillow slip, as I see a lot of people recommend putting your down jacket in one at night to form a pillow. And while I was at it, I also put in my red umbrella, which was part of my kit as a volunteer driver at the Paralympics, but which was never used. One of the reviews on the Exodus website refers to all of the porters having brollies, and recommended taking one. It seems an unlikely item, but even if I don’t use it, I can leave it behind with the porters, who seem to be grateful for anything. I quite like the idea of bits of my kit having a future life. I have to bear in mind, however, that my bag to go up the mountain mustn’t be more than 15kg. I am very glad that I won’t have to carry it: I don’t think I would get off the starting block if I did.