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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 9, 2020

New Year Hiking

Despite enjoying a few good walks over the Christmas and New Year period, it was still good to kick-start 2020 […]
December 20, 2019

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 […]
December 2, 2019

Muddy Walks

After a period of seemingly incessant rain, the weather finally brightened up in perfect time to make the most of […]
October 2, 2019

Practice Makes Perfect

With just two days until the UK practice climb in the Lake district, I thought it was a great time […]
September 20, 2019

Stepping Stones

The late summer sunshine continued over last weekend, ensuring Paul, Robert and I had great weather for our latest training […]
September 9, 2019

Testing new kit

It feels wrong to even mention it in September, but Christmas really has come early this year with the arrival […]
September 1, 2019

Different Views

Walking is a wonderful way to explore different landscapes and this weekend has taken me on a variety of walks, […]
August 4, 2019

Summer in Sussex

Having finally shaken off a nasty ear infection, I am trying to recover lost fitness and get back into my […]
July 25, 2019

Full on training week!

I have been on holiday past few weeks and we traveled to Lapland and Northern Norway for holiday and to […]
November 26, 2018

The hidden Spain (Existe otra España)

The hidden Spain. We have another Spain, this is formed by many areas unknown not only by foreigners but in […]
November 19, 2018

Buscando colores de Otoño (Looking for Autumn colors)

The autumn is close to the end, the winter is coming, and we can touch with our hands the Kili […]
November 15, 2018

A Hiking Tour in Reiteralm

The other week, I was with my friends at the Almchalet at Reiteralm (Styria) for another hiking tour. In the […]
November 15, 2018

Zirbitzkogel

On the 13th October, I climbed the Zirbitzkogel mountain in Syria, South-West Austria. It has an altitude of 2,396m.
October 31, 2018

Early training in the Peak District

One of the great things about training for Kili is deciding to do things that you may not normally do.  […]
October 30, 2018

Unexpected weather conditions: a different training for Kili

A few months ago, I planned a week of holidays for the end of October. The idea was to walk […]
October 29, 2018

Preparation for hiking in Crete

I’m “waiting in the wings”. On Sunday I will fly with my daughter (10) to the mountain hiking in Crete […]
October 17, 2018

K-Day….-17 weeks and counting….

“These boots weren’t made for walking…” Key learning this week is that you cannot afford to cut corners on kit […]
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