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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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- Ana Gutierrez
- Anne Lange
- Ascenders Support Crew
- 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
- Team 1 – The Ascenders
- Team 2 – Team Twende
- Team 3 – Team Ubuntu
- Team Update
- Thibault Renard
- Tom Ovenden
- Twende Support Crew
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- Will Morris
February 1, 2019
The last final week in preparation for the trek has been very busy. Last minute worries of should I have […]
January 31, 2019
Teide is the highest mountain in Spain (3.718 m) and it shares with Kilimanjaro the fact that they are both […]
January 30, 2019
When I bought my boots 3 years ago, I never thought of the places they would go. And me with […]
January 30, 2019
Over the last days I started piling up everything I want to take to Kili. Seeing my duffle and rucksack […]
January 29, 2019
As part of my Kilimanjaro training I climbed Peñalara, Madrid’s highest peak at 2428 meters. The height might be slightly […]
January 29, 2019
This time next week we will be on our way to Africa – very exciting! I’m delighted and very honored […]
January 28, 2019
So, I spoke to a friend last week and she said; “Are you still doing the Kili thing? It […]
January 26, 2019
With the final countdown to Kili going on for Team Twende there’s not much time left to cover this essential […]
January 26, 2019
The countdown has really begun – we have just 10 sleeps to go! January has absolutely flown by – trying […]
January 25, 2019
…and while I feel like I have been ready for 6 months, now with only a few days to go, suddenly […]
January 19, 2019
With Kili being just about only 2 weeks out and that hilarious video that the amazing people of Team Twende […]
January 18, 2019
Yesterday we had a great day all getting together in London for a final session before we head off to […]
January 14, 2019
Forgive me Kili-Blog for I have sinned, it has been 9 weeks since my last post, and updates are well […]
January 13, 2019
With Kili only 3 weeks ago, my final fitness preparation is to extend the distance I cover on my regular […]
December 19, 2018
Since the beginning of November, there have been many changes in my life: work and personal related, but I will […]
December 9, 2018
What a difference a week makes…a couple of weeks ago I was feeling on top of the world. I’d got […]
December 6, 2018
Dear; Hilary, Jan, Pippa, Martin, Sixt-Hubertus, Joe, Keris, Jose, Juan, Simon, Sonja, Thibault and Clare. Will be thinking of you, […]
December 4, 2018
A very different update this week – direct from the production suite at the Twende Sound & Vision studios here […]
November 28, 2018
Now things get serious! Vaccination: one more left VISA: passport on the way to the embassy 69 days to February, 5th […]
November 27, 2018
Under suspicious and partly concerned looks of our Austrian colleagues at the Vienna office, Max and I took a chance […]