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Hear from our Kilimanjaro Challengers as they get kit together, fundraise, get fit and prepare to ‘learn on the way up’.
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- Anne Lange
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- Dan Parnell
- Denise Crisell
- Ernesto Valdeolivas
- Guillermo Iniguez
- Hilary Williams
- Ignacio Córdoba
- James Harden
- Jan Vercruysse
- Joe March
- Jose Maria (Chema) Gonzalez
- Juan Carlos Castaños
- Julia Gray
- Kati Kaarila
- Keris Eliott
- Kirsty McNab
- Martin Novak
- Maximilian Kummerer
- Paul Lehner
- Paul Marklew
- Pippa Hall
- Rachel Procter
- Rickkie Rand
- Robert Redman
- Rodrigo Jimenez Abad
- Rolf Roth
- Sam Keates
- Simon Edwards
- Sixt-Hubertus von Kapff
- Sonja Nehls
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February 13, 2020
Final preparations and kit checking at the lodge – and team Ubuntu finally hit the road to head to Rongai […]
February 13, 2020
Good luck to everyone taking on Mount Kilimanjaro this week! The money you’re raising helps us to reach children in […]
February 12, 2020
After a long day of travelling and a few missed flights due to weather delays, Team Ubuntu has arrived in […]
February 11, 2020
So today is the day! All the training and preparation has led to this. The mixture of excitement and nerves […]
February 10, 2020
Panic attack? nooo, let’s call it packing attack 😊. It is not new for me that packing for Kilimanjaro adventure […]
February 10, 2020
I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who has approached me sending their best wishes and encouraging words […]
February 10, 2020
No way you can avoid it. You have to pack at some point. I did try to avoid it until […]
February 10, 2020
After a last training hike along the North Downs Way on Saturday, making the most of spring-like sunshine, yesterday’s storm […]
February 7, 2020
Group’s Itinerary for Kilimanjaro Tuesday 11 February Hotel Arrival Day – flight KLM571 eta JRO 20.35 Wednesday 12 February Hotel […]
February 5, 2020
So with a little under a week to go until Kilimanjaro, I have hit my Unicef charity target! I send […]
February 1, 2020
10 days… literally 10 days till I fly out. I thought I’d feel scared to be honest. I’m a littler […]
January 30, 2020
It feels strange that Kilimanjaro is almost here. First it felt like eternity away and now it feels like it […]
January 16, 2020
It’s been well over a month since my last blog here, so I thought I’d best get on and add […]
January 9, 2020
Despite enjoying a few good walks over the Christmas and New Year period, it was still good to kick-start 2020 […]
January 7, 2020
Goal achieved! Thank you very much to all who have made it possible to raise 2,000€ for a great cause, […]
January 7, 2020
Once again, I participated in the 10 km popular race “San Silvestre Vallecana” in Madrid, on 31st December. I always […]
January 3, 2020
Some thoughtful Christmas gifts – and an early birthday present – mean I now have almost all the kit I […]
December 20, 2019
It’s been a while since my last post and I have not had time to do much blog posting on […]
December 6, 2019
As the year draws rapidly to a close and Kilimanjaro looms ever larger, I have been focused on reviewing kit […]
December 2, 2019
After a period of seemingly incessant rain, the weather finally brightened up in perfect time to make the most of […]