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Charity Kili Climb: Day 5
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Tuesday, 8 February 2011. Day 5 is over. It was a tough day but a fantastic one. Adjectives such as incredible, awesome, magnificent are flying around camp! A couple of people are suffering (see below) but we are all still standing and all 16 of us should be in a good enough condition to attempt the summit tomorrow night. After the barranco wall we then undulate up and down for a couple of hours and finally scaled a monster hill to enter camp. All of us should be good enough to start which is a fantastic...
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Charity Kili Climb: Good Luck!!!
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011. Good luck to you all in your final challenge, the biggest of them all. I think you are all amazing and our thoughts are with you. To my Shannon, so far you have come and so proud I am. Tell the mountain to be kind because we have 23 sleeps until Rome :-). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Day 6 base camp. Day 6 base camp. Hi Bruv - tony woodhams. Briefing, kit bag and ready for the off. So far so very average! Going Back to Kilimanjaro. 17 Sleeps To Go!
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Charity Kili Climb: February 2011
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Thursday, 10 February 2011. Well we are back at camp after a most eventful summit night. 13 of the 16 of the group successfully summited the highest free standing mountain in the world that is kilimanjaro. Sadly Brian Harris, Tony Woodhams and Antonio duarte ( who chose yesterday not to try because of AMS but is already fully recovered) didnt quite make it. The first part of the climb was pretty straight forward but the gradient soon changed to very steep and loose scree underfoot which takes twice the e...
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Charity Kili Climb: Day 2
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Saturday, 5 February 2011. Day 2 was great. Great climbing, great company, great weather! Materially harder than day 1 but everyone dealt with it fine and thrived on it. You can visibly see all the training paying off! Other than a few minor headaches here and there everyone is in good health. Nigel Howlett and I are managing our coughs and whilst they are still there, they continue to improve each day. Consequently we were all up at just after 6am and ready to leave by 8am. Sadly the mobile phone signal...
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Charity Kili Climb: So far so very average!
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011. So far so very average! Well so far everything has been typically British really.i.e. somehow we make it work despite nothing working as it should! We arrived at the hotel last night to find that all of our rooms had been cancelled by booking.com. Once to the hotel and once to booking.com. Without doubt booking.com. S fault but hey we will leave that joy until we get back. But no matter today was the first real day and things would be different. Wouldnt they? Ally just text th...
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Charity Kili Climb: Day 6 base camp
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011. Day 6 base camp. We have arrived at base camp some 4,600 metres high after a difficult night on day 5 and a hard journey here. Last night in camp saw spectacular views of the mountain and the land below coupled with a fantastic electric storm. But also the not so fantastic strong winds (literally nearly lifting the tents up.the toilet tent did indeed blow away). Antonio was fit enough to start but the risk of something serious happening with such a marginal oxygen level is all...
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Charity Kili Climb: January 2011
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Sunday, 30 January 2011. My training in Portugal. Antonio here. Less than three days to go now and I must admit the apprehension is growing a little bit. Today, 26 January, I made the last training, and I took the photographic camera to share with everyone my little Algarve gym! In Portugal on the Algarve coast there are very many beautiful cliffs and I have been training by walking up and down them (and up and down .and up and down.and up and down! Because then .well things would not be so good. I did n...
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Charity Kili Climb: Hi Bruv - tony woodhams
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Saturday, 5 February 2011. Hi Bruv - tony woodhams. Not sure if this appear on the blog Iam no good at this blogging stuff. Knowing my luck your mate Nigel will have loads of e.mails from some girl he doesn't know haha. Anyway in the hope this does reach you, just wanted to tell you that we are really proud of you and that we are thinking of you every step of the way. All is good here, me and Dave are chillin out watching match of the day :). So so proud of you. Sis and Dave xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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Charity Kili Climb: Safe and sound
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011. Following the dramas of this mornings flights, the long flight from Amsterdam to kilimanjaro was pretty painless. KLM were really good: great food, excellent service, loads of legroom ( especially for grant who got a free upgrade) and helpful staff too. We have all arrived at the hotel now safe and sound with all our luggage too. Including the fleece that Mr Howlett left at the airport that we had to go back for. Sent from Nigels iPad. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Could...
