I slept well. Really well although it was a bit hot and humid. Temperature was around +31 degrees Celsius so about 30 more than back home. It felt like back in Australia so cozy but still it was HOT so started the morning with a few laps in the pool hoping it would wake me …
Kilimanjaro Challenge
KIlimanjaro – Day 1/10 – Travel day
I woke up at 5 am and managed to eat even some breakfast before my taxi arrived. Everything went smooth and I was at the airport well on time before the boarding. Ate my second breakfast as I was already hungry by then again. After we got on the plane the excitement started and the …
Packing done and goodbyes
No way you can avoid it. You have to pack at some point. I did try to avoid it until the last minute, but since I won’t have time to pack tomorrow, decided to do it on the weekend and test what I can fit into which bag. There is so many bags it’s ridiculous, …
Life after Kilimanjaro?
It feels just like yesterday when I wrote the application to join Kilimanjaro challenge after having almost applied once earlier already. It is though 1,5 years later already now and it’s only….. So time to panic? Not sure. I have tried to be as ready as possible both physically and mentally, but there is no …
In my head – How Team Ubuntu formed
Arrival It was exciting to arrive to Manchester with only photos of people and their voices to look for at the airport arrivals hall. I got a message from our UK team that they are still 25 minutes away with the minibus and if I could look for the Spain, Austria and Switzerland team mates …
What challenge, why Kilimanjaro and why me?
In short this is my company’s challenge to raise money for Unicef UK through teams of employees climbing to Kilimanjaro. There are three different groups; one, two and three so far, and I am part of group three going up February 2020. Teams one and two have already been there which is great advice to …
Getting the gear together – Testing results after Lapland/Norway trip
Our summer holiday trip was intended to be also a sort of testing trip for the gear. Wanted to test the equipment and of course wear the shoes in so I won’t have problems at Kili. Second reason was to test physically if I can do hikes multiple days in a row. Also never walked …
Getting the gear together- Day bag
As we are heading hiking soon to Lapland on our holiday it makes sense to use the time there to test the gear. Got the boots and poles so bought the day bag also from sale along with rain cover and small pouch for phone. We do have porters who will carry our “big” back, …
Getting the gear together – Boots
With some good after midsummer sales I decided to start looking into the kit list suggested. There a quite a few things that I need to get, but luckily there is also plenty of time. But most important things first, hiking boots… Price was 159 EUR with discount which I think is not too bad. …