The colourful 65-year-old managing partner of Quinn Emanuel has released a candid diary of his trip to Mount Everest, in which he complains about yak poo, the Chinese and not having enough pillows.

John Quinn, who in 2014 wrote a startling email to associates inviting them to work from the beach or "maybe freak street in kathmandu" took his own advice earlier this year and visited the base of Everest. After sharing his trek diary with friends and family, Quinn was persuaded by a partner that the rest of mankind would benefit from his observations. RollOnFriday presents the following excerpts, unfairly shorn of context (find the full version here).



In spite of the smell, Quinn was still able to summon Basil Fawlty and combine him with 'embarrassing lawyer dad':



But Quinn's diary also records his struggles to forget the trappings of a multi-millionaire US partner:



He also missed the all work, no play lifestyle of a US lawyer:



  Paul Theroux, sorry, John Quinn, at the Everest base camp. 

Thankfully, the next day brought a familiar experience to ward off homesickness:



It appears from his diary that by the time he reached the advanced base camp, Quinn's oxygen supply was thin and the situation had become desperate:



Against all odds Quinn survived the trip, but summed up in his talk to the rest of the class, "I am not sure i would ever go back, but i am glad i went". Bangkok is a different matter, however: "the perfect city to visit after the trip to the Tibetan moonscape. There can’t be a city more sensuous than Bangkok, with its tastes and smells, its rivers and golden temples".  And the rest. As for the Mandarin Oriental, it is "one of the great hotels in the world. I wish i could have stayed there longer".

RollOnFriday asked a Quinn Emanuel spokesman why exactly Quinn released his diary, but he politely declined to comment. Other Managing Partners may submit their diaries to RollOnFriday here.
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Anonymous 02 June 17 10:16

Cool beans. Good on him. Surely number of pillow depends on pillow thickness though. 3 or 4? Assuming average pillow size, does that not give him a crick in his neck? Crazy