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Back to normal…slowly
#powerladies #women’sday <3 It’s been 1,5 weeks since we got back from Kilimanjaro. Life has been up and down since
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February 10, 2020
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February 10, 2020
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Here we go! Wish me luck!
No way you can avoid it. You have to pack at some point. I did try to avoid it until
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January 30, 2020
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January 30, 2020
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Less than two weeks to go! Time to panic?
It feels strange that Kilimanjaro is almost here. First it felt like eternity away and now it feels like it
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December 20, 2019
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December 20, 2019
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Christmas Karaoke and Kilimanjaro approaching!
It’s been a while since my last post and I have not had time to do much blog posting on
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November 13, 2019
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November 13, 2019
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Almost there, awesome!
It’s been a challenge with a few setbacks lately with leg injury and flu, but now that I have gotten
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October 17, 2019
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October 17, 2019
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How Team Ubuntu was formed
This journey has been such an amazing experience so far and it has touched me deeply so I wanted to
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October 9, 2019
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October 9, 2019
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Team Ubuntu united finally in Lake District challenge Keswick
What a great journey Team Ubuntu had at the Lake District last weekend! We have such an amazing team! Check
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October 4, 2019
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October 4, 2019
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First day of Lake district challenge done!
Such a great first day here in Lake district! We got lucky and the sun showed up after Grag hill
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October 3, 2019
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October 3, 2019
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Lake district three peak challenge is here!
Feelings are a bit mixed as I am going to spend three days hiking with “strangers” and the original enthusiastic
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September 6, 2019
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September 6, 2019
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Using every chance I get to train!
Taking every chance I get to do some training for climbing so decided to climb up Alt König close to
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August 13, 2019
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August 13, 2019
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Hiking gear tested and training continues
Our summer holiday trip was intended to be also a sort of testing trip for the gear. Wanted to test
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July 25, 2019
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July 25, 2019
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Full on training week!
I have been on holiday past few weeks and we traveled to Lapland and Northern Norway for holiday and to
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July 12, 2019
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July 12, 2019
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Getting the gear together and more training
With some good after midsummer sales I decided to start looking into the kit list suggested. There is quite a
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July 1, 2019
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July 1, 2019
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A quick run through the forest…
I am very excited to be a part of this journey! I will post a weekly update here, but longer
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