See below for an account of Day One of Kate and Keith’s awesome Kilimanjaro adventure! Day two update and more awe inspiring pics to follow tomorrow 😁
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Day 1: The climb begins… We left our lodge bright and early Sunday morning and travelled by bus to the Machame Gate of Kilimanjaro (The Machame gate stands at an altitude higher than Ben Nevis!!) I put my backpack and boots on properly for the first time of this six day adventure and set off nervous but excited for what was to come. A 1700 metre climb through the jungle followed, taking us through lush jungle flora of ferns and huge leaves whilst Blue Monkeys and black-and-white Colobus’ swing through the trees over our heads. It’s at this point the enormity of what we are doing hits me, we’re in AFRICA.. climbing a MOUNTAIN to raise money for a fantastic charity.
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As we walk we get to know our amazing guides and porters as well as the rest of the group and we learn the importance of ‘pole pole’ (slowly slowly). You can never walk too slowly up Kilimanjaro. We arrive in our first camp about 4pm. Hot food and an early night almost as soon as it’s dark (6pm!!) It’s my first ever night under canvas… Keith is super patient with me as I have absolutely no clue what I’m doing with inflatable sleeping mats, giant oversized down sleeping bags and silk sleeping liners, this is all well out of my comfort zone! Fortunately night one isn’t as cold as I was expecting; but I can confirm I don’t like this ‘tenting’ business much! 🤣 .
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Day two update coming tomorrow! With thanks once again to our fab key sponsors @deepdaletrees & @thompsonsofcrewshill .
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