Needless to say we all slept well in the hotel. The 4 that went on Safari had to get up at something like 6.15 (very brave if you ask me!) but Craig and I were staying for a rest so could lie-in. We woke at about 7.30 and then chatted for a few hours. Eventually we made […]
The last leg! – Sunday 13 March 2011
Needless to say we all slept very well on our last night under canvas. Craig was still coughing away, which woke me up, but I had little trouble in going back to sleep. At 6.30a.m. we were awoken with the usual cup of tea and ‘washy washy bowls’. You can see that I dragged the […]
Descending 4 hours from Kibo – 12 March 2011
We all gathered in the dining tent after our short rest. As usual they provided a good spread of food but at this meal no one could really be bothered to eat or lift a knife and fork. After a while one of the cooking team came in to clear some plates and when he […]
Descending to Kibo Base Camp – 12 March 2011
After our rest at Gilman’s Point it was time to get going and we started to clamber down the highest section of the rocks which, as expected was difficult. Tired legs were beginning to tell and my thighs in particular were starting to complain. Nevertheless we were now descending quite quickly and it was refreshing […]
Neil’s summit night story 2 – To Uhuru Peak (5895 metres)
I have now been home for about 12 hours and am starting to recover. I still haven’t caught up with all the news about Japan etc. but Lorraine is so into keeping this blog going that instead of settling down in front of the TV for a relaxing evening we are …..doing the blog! So, […]
Neils Summit Night Story 1…….To Gilmans Point (5681 metres)
So here we all are back at the hotel after our epic week, all safe and sound. I am still at the hotel with Craig, enjoying a few hours of R&R whilst the others have gone off on a short Safari. I’ve been lucky to have been on Safari before so gave this opportunity a […]
Summit Night and Day- This is what its all been leading up to…..
Kilimamjaro Summit and Highest part of Africa Richard P has managed to get through a couple of e-mails re: their experience of summit night and these are attached for you. Neil, however is yet to blog…..but will keep you posted as soon as he can. At the time of updating this blog (Sunday 13 March […]
Evening Day 3/Morning Day 4 – Getting Melancholy – 10/11 March 2011
The e-mails have come through in a very dis-jointed way here in the UK and I have to apologise if it is all getting a little complicated figuring out the day and timings etc. however, I do hope you get the gist and enjoy this informative post in the blog. Evening – Thursday 10 March […]
Day 4 – End of the day – 11 March 2011
Well here we are end of the day, a little bit out of breath, quite high now, around 4,700 metres at Mawenzi in the shadows of the peak that accompanies Kilimanjaro by a little lake, it is really an amazing place. We are just sitting having our afternoon tea at sunset and I will try […]