Well-known adventurer, Rosie Swale Pope is off on her travels again.
In just under two months time Rosie will be embarking on a 700-mile trek across the roof of the world from Hilsa on the Tibetan border to Pasupati Nagar on the Indian border to raise funds for one of Britain's smallest charities.
Setting off on April 5, Rosie will be walking and running over 1,500 kilometres across some of the world's toughest terrain from west to east across the hidden Himalayas of Nepal in aid of the Nepal Trust, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Her amazing journey which will see her take around two and a half million footsteps is expected to take more than two months to complete, but Rosie says she needs to finish in less than that in order to return to Tenby to deal with her holiday lets in the summer season and get ready for other challenges!
Rosie's route through a rainforest, numerous gorges, snowy mountain passes and over mountain peaks and across rivers is a challenge of a lifetime and will set a new record.
Rosie and her late husband, Clive had intended to travel to Nepal when he was well enough, but sadly he passed away last summer, before they could undertake their trip, but now Rosie, who visited Kathmandu as a teenager, is keeping her promise albeit that she taking part in a different challenge to the one originally planned.
"I'm being 'launched' as the 'original Lara Croft' from the film! I might even reach Everest Base Camp in time for the honour of joining in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the summit's first accent," 56-year-old Rosie told the Observer yesterday (Thursday).
"If all this raises a smile and a bit of extra sponsorship for the Nepal Trust's work, it will be marvellous," she said.
"The trek will only be a little step, compared to the struggle of daily life in Humla, Nepal's poorest, most heart-rendingly beautiful and isolated area; and compared to the great effort of the Trust to bring basic health care, education, income generation and renewable energy there.
"It is a very exciting time and I am very proud to be taking part in this trek. I am very grateful to all my family and friends for their support and the inspiration from the Tenby Turkeys and the TROTS, of St. Clears.
"I really could not have considered doing it without all the support I have received and I will be wearing and carrying a few reminders of Tenby with me."
Next week Rosie, whose journey can be followed by logging on to http://www.nepaltrust.org">www.nepaltrust.org where donations can also be made online, will giving a talk for the Inner Wheel on Monday at the Fourcroft Hotel with proceeds going to Ward 10 at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest.