Great news! Signal has been resumed and we are back on track – literally! Our main walk today was about 4 hours long, again very very steep in places, but in other places not so bad. After the long day yesterday it felt like half a day today although the acclimatisation walk yesterday made up […]
Day 2/3 – Signal problems – Wed 9/Thur 10 March 2011
There has been a slight breakdown in signal yesterday and today so I think we are back to blagging again. Yesterday Neil ran out of battery on his phone but managed to recharge it with his super duper power monkey – his new solar charger gadget. The idea is that he attaches the mini solar […]
Day 2 – The longest day – 9 March 2011
A.M. After waking at 6.45 a.m. and getting organised we are about to start our second day of walking today which we believe is the longest but not the most strenuous day of trekking. We are told we have about 7 or 8 hours of trekking probably on similar terrain to yesterday, which will be, […]
Day 1/2 – A walk in the park! – 8/9 March 2011
We left the hotel early and arrived at our start point in good spirits at 9.30 a.m. to begin our adventure. Lunch consisted of a hotel packed lunch, which contained a nutritional breaded roll, 6 quartered pieces of carrot, a really disgusting small bag of….I suppose they were crisps, the tiniest banana in the world […]
Travelling to Kilimanjaro – 6/7 March 2011
Well, fortunately Neil has now managed to get a signal and keep us all updated. Because of the initial techno hiccup there are a few repetitions/overlaps from the blog written yesterday. So here goes…….. On the whole the flights over were as expected. The night flight to Nairobi wasn’t bad at all and we all […]
Somewhere near Mount Kilimanjaro 6/ 7 March 2011
The start of the Kilimanjaro challenge has come around very quickly and the intrepid travellers have arrived safely ‘in country’. However, the blog system planned has unfortunately not gone quite to plan as the guys do not seem to have any reception to send e-mails, so, on Neil’s behalf I am blagging the blog for […]
This is it….here we go!!!!
Well, this is it. Departure day. I feel so excited and am really looking forward to the whole adventure. But also filled with quite a bit of trepidation, anxiety “and just what have I let myself in for!” As you can see, I’m all packed. The large black “kit bag” is provided for us, the rucksack is the one […]
The Rongai Route
So there is just a week to go. Its now getting really exciting but at the same time a bit worrying! The training is all but done and there are just a few last minute things to organise. Then we are off!!! I thought it would be a good idea to put up details of the route we are taking so […]
The long weekend – 18-20 February 2011
It’s now all about cramming in as much fitness work as possible, building up strength and stamina. I have had a few good sessions in the gym and was pleased to get my 1500 metre row down to 6 minutes! More weights, more stretching and more pacing on the treadmill. I also had a lovely […]