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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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- 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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August 21, 2019
A quick trip to Scotland last weekend to celebrate my parents’ Golden Wedding did not get in the way of […]
August 21, 2019
Participated in a really really hard triathlon last weekend in “Corrales de Buelna” (north of Spain). As I said to […]
August 14, 2019
After my recent hiccup, I’ve been training pretty steadily now and have upped the anti with a full workout plan. […]
August 4, 2019
Having finally shaken off a nasty ear infection, I am trying to recover lost fitness and get back into my […]
August 2, 2019
Friday training with my mind in the “Buelna Half Ironman Triathlon” that will be in only two weeks. The work […]
July 25, 2019
With the preparation climb (lake district) & my London half marathon quickly approaching in October it’s time to up the […]
July 15, 2019
Music is power, even used as a therapy sometimes. Those people who know me, know me for being a music […]
January 29, 2019
As part of my Kilimanjaro training I climbed Peñalara, Madrid’s highest peak at 2428 meters. The height might be slightly […]
January 13, 2019
With Kili only 3 weeks ago, my final fitness preparation is to extend the distance I cover on my regular […]
November 26, 2018
The hidden Spain. We have another Spain, this is formed by many areas unknown not only by foreigners but in […]
November 20, 2018
After returning to my usual training regime, I have had a few weeks to reflect on what I have achieved […]
November 19, 2018
The autumn is close to the end, the winter is coming, and we can touch with our hands the Kili […]
November 19, 2018
I am trying to increase the walking distance in my last training sessions and last Saturday I walked 21.0975km (A […]
November 15, 2018
I was doing another type of altitude training from November 1st – November 4th in the Tyrol Mountains, West Austria […]
November 15, 2018
The other week, I was with my friends at the Almchalet at Reiteralm (Styria) for another hiking tour. In the […]
November 15, 2018
On the 13th October, I climbed the Zirbitzkogel mountain in Syria, South-West Austria. It has an altitude of 2,396m.
November 13, 2018
We are in the last month and is necessary to increase the hours spend in the mountains, to walk more […]
November 13, 2018
Today I’ll train in height and with winter conditions. We will climb “Pico del Lobo” the higher mountain in the […]
November 12, 2018
In the spirit (a little sip of gin may have been involved in the decision making process!) of being brave […]
November 12, 2018
The last of summer has ebbed away, the clocks have changed and the nights are drawing in – and I’m […]