He will have the option to address the judge at his sentencing hearing though he is not required to do so, and some legal experts have said it would be inadvisable for him to speak.

Sitting down with leaders of one political party “who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the court,” he wrote, would only underscore that “such a meeting would be inadvisable.”

For any elite mountaineer, it would be a daunting, perilous and most likely inadvisable undertaking.

Prof Fleming replied: "I would say it would be inadvisable, but if you have to then keep your baby inside your coat."

Though there is no cause for concern about contamination of water sources, drinking the water directly is still inadvisable.