Posh Bird Goes For Big Hump...

A young woman who, until three years ago, was a successful real estate developer in Hong Kong' is following in her grandmother's footsteps as she sets out to attempt Everest this spring.

Anabelle Bond, 34, is attempting the Seven Summits and has already successfully climbed Aconcagua, South American's highest peak. According to an article on the Independent web site, 'The eldest daughter of one of Britain's highest-paid businessmen, she has made regular appearances in gossip columns, linked to potential suitors including Prince Andrew and American designer Tommy Hilfiger.'

Bond's grandmother, Christine Bond, was part of a 1929 expedition, 'led by the legendary British mountaineer Hugh Rutledge' - who in our ignorance, we've never heard of - and climbed 'to villages where white women had never been seen before..'

Her grandmother, now 96 and still living, apparently had real problems sorting out her wardrobe - "When I arrived, I didn't have the right clothes at all" she told the Independent. Not so the current Ms Bond. She's sponsored by Arc'teryx and Salomon...

On her web site she comments: "Arcteryx have always been my preferred brand as I think they make the most flattering (always important for women) sports clothes, effortlessly combining fashion with function using the most high tech fabrics available.

"Even when you are delirious with fatigue at least Arcteryx helps you look good. My boots are all Salomon and my trekking boots to basecamp not only look good ( if trekking boots can!) more importantly they feel like slippers. I will be using their Prothermic boots on the Khumbu Icefall, the part of the climb that frightens me the most."

Read the full Independent article here and see Anabelle's own web site the home page pics will make you laugh, guaranteed...