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- James Harden
- Jan Vercruysse
- Joe March
- Jose Maria (Chema) Gonzalez
- Juan Carlos Castaños
- Julia Gray
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- Keris Eliott
- Kirsty McNab
- Martin Novak
- Maximilian Kummerer
- Paul Lehner
- Paul Marklew
- Pippa Hall
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- Robert Redman
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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 17, 2020
Latest News – Summit Day We’ve had our first satellite call of the day with the team. Last night, Kati […]
February 16, 2020
Satellite Phone Update from Team Ubuntu: 16th February 2020 Tea & Cakes on the Mountainside! At about 3pm today, we […]
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 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 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 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 […]
November 5, 2019
Its been a while since this “second week” but i didnt have the time to write these words… but here […]
October 22, 2019
Our training weekend in the Lake District was a fantastic opportunity to test out fitness levels and kit, get advice […]