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- James Harden
- Jan Vercruysse
- Joe March
- Jose Maria (Chema) Gonzalez
- Juan Carlos Castaños
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- Keris Eliott
- Kirsty McNab
- Martin Novak
- Maximilian Kummerer
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March 20, 2020
It’s been a month since we returned from Kilimanjaro, and the world is now a quite different place. People panic […]
March 8, 2020
It is difficult to describe in one post my Kilimanjaro Challenge experience; but paradoxically, I can easily do it in […]
March 5, 2020
It has been just over two weeks since made it to the summit…yet, in many ways, it feels like it […]
March 3, 2020
Just over two weeks ago, I experienced the most unusual Monday morning “at the office” of my life, standing on […]
February 15, 2020
Thanks to a bit of unexpected network coverage, we have had the wonderful surprise of a few photos from Team […]
February 13, 2020
Final preparations and kit checking at the lodge – and team Ubuntu finally hit the road to head to Rongai […]
February 12, 2020
After a long day of travelling and a few missed flights due to weather delays, Team Ubuntu has arrived in […]
February 10, 2020
Panic attack? nooo, let’s call it packing attack 😊. It is not new for me that packing for Kilimanjaro adventure […]
February 10, 2020
After a last training hike along the North Downs Way on Saturday, making the most of spring-like sunshine, yesterday’s storm […]
February 7, 2020
Group’s Itinerary for Kilimanjaro Tuesday 11 February Hotel Arrival Day – flight KLM571 eta JRO 20.35 Wednesday 12 February Hotel […]
February 5, 2020
So with a little under a week to go until Kilimanjaro, I have hit my Unicef charity target! I send […]
January 16, 2020
It’s been well over a month since my last blog here, so I thought I’d best get on and add […]
January 9, 2020
Despite enjoying a few good walks over the Christmas and New Year period, it was still good to kick-start 2020 […]
January 7, 2020
Once again, I participated in the 10 km popular race “San Silvestre Vallecana” in Madrid, on 31st December. I always […]
January 3, 2020
Some thoughtful Christmas gifts – and an early birthday present – mean I now have almost all the kit I […]
December 6, 2019
As the year draws rapidly to a close and Kilimanjaro looms ever larger, I have been focused on reviewing kit […]
December 2, 2019
After a period of seemingly incessant rain, the weather finally brightened up in perfect time to make the most of […]
November 22, 2019
Here is the last post about my trip to Colombia!! This third week was a really rainny one cause we […]
November 20, 2019
I had a day off from work last week, and with the weather looking cold, wet and miserable, I decided […]
November 13, 2019
It is now some weeks without posting, right after the lake District Challenge. I explained what Lake District Challenge meant […]