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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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- Team 3 – Team Ubuntu
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- Tom Ovenden
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February 14, 2020
Thursday 13th February The team arrived at Rongai Gate as planned at lunchtime ready for a packed lunch, stocking up […]
February 13, 2020
Final preparations and kit checking at the lodge – and team Ubuntu finally hit the road to head to Rongai […]
February 7, 2020
Group’s Itinerary for Kilimanjaro Tuesday 11 February Hotel Arrival Day – flight KLM571 eta JRO 20.35 Wednesday 12 February Hotel […]
December 20, 2018
By the last day I had completely hit the wall. Everyone else seemed to have bounced back and in high […]
December 18, 2018
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
We set off at first light at 6.30am. Excited and daunted – and still couldn’t eat anything to fuel the […]
December 18, 2018
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
Shock news tonight. Tomorrow was meant to be a rest/aclimataisation day. Whitey says we will summit tomorrow instead, setting off […]
December 18, 2018
We made it – all of us! To our summit base camp. We left in the pouring rain, it turned […]
December 17, 2018
I’m sitting in my tent in a torrential downpour. The guides got us up and off early to try to […]
December 17, 2018
December 10, 2018
Up early and packing up to leave the lodge with everyone – excited and nervous not knowing what the day […]
December 4, 2018
With great difficulty after a Saturday night party – we struggled out of bed to complete a local 5km run. […]
December 4, 2018
Final few sessions of leg training done with the help of my friend and all round fitness guru Mike. He […]
December 4, 2018
The weather didn’t stay so kind towards the end of November – with a few final training walks in the […]
November 26, 2018
I think I might have bought, borrowed, collected, found a bit too much stuff! It will never go in my […]
November 26, 2018
It’s not exactly the Alps but this is as good as it gets locally to try and get a bit […]
November 26, 2018
Went into our local outdoor shop last week to get some final bits and pieces and this was up on […]
November 26, 2018
Who would have thought how lucky we would be in November to still have beautiful mild Autumnal weather! Spent a […]
November 12, 2018
Keep plugging away at the stairs at the office in Wellington House. 5 flights feels like a lot first thing […]