Team Twende spent today acclimatising and resting in the hotel. Our adventure begins in earnest at 8.00 tomorrow morning, when we leave for the mountain to start the trek. Then the team have five days of hiking before going for the summit next Tuesday.

The Twende Support Crew is here, working closely with a UK adventure company and local guides to ensure that our climbers take it slowly, acclimatising to the altitude as safely as possible.   Hilary and I will climb to Simba Camp with the team and overnight with them on the mountain. Then we’ll leave them in the very capable hands of their head guide, who is a legend, as well as two experienced guides from the UK adventure company. They will be in really safe hands.

Back at the hotel, waiting for the team to return and monitoring their progress, we will get daily updates from the lead guide and feed them through to the blog site so that everyone can follow Team Twende’s progress.

Day-by-day…

We will be posting updates as we get them on the blog site, but here is the planned itinerary for Team Twende:

Thu 7^th Feb: Day 1 Climb – Trek to Simba Camp (8kms/4-5 hours)

Fri 8^th Feb: Day 2 Climb – Trek to Kikalewa Camp (10kms/6-7 hours)

Sat 9^th Feb: Day 3 Climb – Trek to Mawenzi Tarn Hut (5kms/3-4 hours)

Sun 10^th Feb: Day 4 Climb – Day hike/altitude acclimatisation from Mawenzi Camp (4kms/3-4 hours)

Mon 11^th Feb: Day 5 Climb – Trek to Kibo Hut (8kms/4-5 hours)

Tue 12^th Feb: SUMMIT DAY – Kibo Hut to UHURU PEAK and then descend to Horombo Hut (21kms/12-15 hours)

Wed 13^th Feb: Day 7 Climb – Horombo Hut down to Marango Gate (18kms/5-6 hours)

Thu 14^th Feb – Departure Day – Flight home, arriving on Friday 15^th

Team Twende will climb up to 5895m…this is one big mountain!  Please support them by sponsoring them on their Just Giving pages. Every penny of your sponsorship money goes to helping the world’s most vulnerable children in places like Syria, Yemen, Bangladesh and other places around the world where innocent youngsters are affected by war, natural disaster and climate change.