I have marvelled at Kilimanjaro for years. It's not a particularly big or spectacular mountain, but for me it's the way it stands majestically alone, with an absence of surrounding peaks to diminish its presence. It is also almost an alien in its environment, where one wouldn't expect a snow capped crater in sub Saharan equatorial Africa, nor associate one with the kind of wildlife that it shares its place with. I also have a bit of a love affair with the African continent, which makes it doubly appealing. I decided that I would take the view from the top to mark my half century in 2010 and my husband agreed to make the journey with me. As the view is as important as the climb itself, we shall be going in January/February 2010. I wont quite be 50 then, but its the time of year that offers the best chance of a cloudless view and if we time it right we'll summit under a full moon. The journey will be sponsored and we shall be selecting appropriate charities before commencing fundraising activities (the full cost of the journey will be paid for by us, so everything we raise will go direct to good causes).
We have just returned from a 3 week trip to Kenya. This trip offered us the opportunity to view Kili, quite spectaclularly from the air during the flight from Nairobi to Mombassa and also from the ground whilst we were on safari in Tsavo West. Our last nights on safari were spent at the Kilaguni Lodge in the lee of the mountain, so we have the image of Kili in our minds to keep us going through training and fundraising over the next year.
We have a year before our climb but we both work and have busy lives, so it will fly by. We have to decide on our route, although it will be one of the less climbed, we have to see how training goes. We plan to spend 4 weeks in Tanzania altogether, so we have to decide where else we want to go besides Kili. We have to decide who we are going to raise money for. We also have to get fit!!!!!
We have just returned from a 3 week trip to Kenya. This trip offered us the opportunity to view Kili, quite spectaclularly from the air during the flight from Nairobi to Mombassa and also from the ground whilst we were on safari in Tsavo West. Our last nights on safari were spent at the Kilaguni Lodge in the lee of the mountain, so we have the image of Kili in our minds to keep us going through training and fundraising over the next year.
We have a year before our climb but we both work and have busy lives, so it will fly by. We have to decide on our route, although it will be one of the less climbed, we have to see how training goes. We plan to spend 4 weeks in Tanzania altogether, so we have to decide where else we want to go besides Kili. We have to decide who we are going to raise money for. We also have to get fit!!!!!
Just a test
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