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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’.

January 25, 2019

Kilimanjaro climb with my colleagues – and what’s left of it

The charm is in particular. So of course it was also when we got the message from Lindsey, whether we […]
January 23, 2019

Some great things I have learned on my way up are Top tips For Team Twende

  This is probably my last Kiliblog post. I’m happy to make room for the adventures of Team Twende and […]
January 23, 2019

Some nice advice for the heroes of Team Twende

If you have mountain gear, outdoor gear, outdoor clothes you are not using any more and you are a couple […]
January 4, 2019

Resumen de un viaje increíble (Summary of an amazing trip)

Cómo hacer un resumen de un viaje así, como explicar en unas líneas lo vivido y, sobre todo, lo sentido. […]
December 22, 2018

Deutsch: Von der Hummel, die den Kilimandscharo erklimmen wollte und als Löwin den Gipfel erreichte

Es ist jetzt über zwei Wochen her, dass ich zusammen mit den anderen Ascenders auf dem Gipfel des Kilimandscharo stand. […]
December 22, 2018

English: The story of a bumblebee who wanted to climb Kilimanjaro and reached the summit as a lioness

It is now more than two weeks ago that, together with the other Autovista Ascenders, I stood on the summit […]
December 20, 2018

Diario de viaje (Segunda parte)

Día 5 Habitualmente la ascensión final se inicia antes de la medianoche, con el objetivo de llegar a la cima […]
December 20, 2018

Day 7 – Hobbling to the finish line

By the last day I had completely hit the wall.  Everyone else seemed to have bounced back and in high […]
December 18, 2018

Day 6 – A Gentle Stroll Down The Marangu Route

We were initially a bit miffed that there was no let up in the schedule. Up at 6.30-7, briefing at […]
December 18, 2018

Diario de viaje (Primera parte)

*La idea era publicar estas entradas según realizamos la ascensión, pero la falta de cobertura durante todo el viaje ha […]
December 18, 2018

Day 5 – Summit Day Part 2

We set off at first light at 6.30am. Excited and daunted – and still couldn’t eat anything to fuel the […]
December 18, 2018

Day 5 – Summit Day!

It’s 5am and we head off at 6.30, so I’m getting up soon. Not much sleep – feel nauseous and […]
December 18, 2018

Day 4 – Evening

Shock news tonight. Tomorrow was meant to be a rest/aclimataisation day. Whitey says we will summit tomorrow instead, setting off […]
December 18, 2018

Day 4 – Kibo Hut (4720m)

We made it – all of us! To our summit base camp. We left in the pouring rain, it turned […]
December 17, 2018

Day 3 – Cave Camp (3850m)

I’m sitting in my tent in a torrential downpour. The guides got us up and off early to try to […]
December 17, 2018

Day 2

Cosy and warm last night in my tent but no sleep. It rained on and off all night – a […]
December 15, 2018

10 December journey

Today we climbed to third cave and did a total of 300m to a hight of 3800m. The terrain was […]
December 15, 2018

The Ascenders are back safe and sound at the hotel

December 15, 2018

Gedanken aus Zelt 15 – thoughts from tent 15

We are back at the hotel, after a week I can’t describe with words. We couldn’t send our blogs while […]
December 13, 2018

Texts from Jan

As Jan is walking down the mountain, some of his messages from early on came through. Here they are… We […]
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