The final day! We had a lie in! We were woken at 6:30am and had our final breakfast before packing our daypacks and heading off on our final descent to the Mweka Gate. We had 6 hours ahead of us and we set a decent pace as we headed towards the rainforest once more. 2 […]

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Summit Day! We were ready! Thermal merino wool leggings under our walking trousers, thermal long sleeved tops under our walking tops, complete with a fleece on top, merino wool gloves, and woolly hats. Down jackets and windbreakers in our daypacks ready for the coldest part of the night at around 4:00am. At 00:31am, head torches […]

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After being woken at 6:00am with hot tea, we had breakfast and packed our daypacks ready for the day ahead. The sun was shining strong, and we were well above the clouds now, but it was definitely getting cooler and layers were the thought of the day. Today we’d be heading up to our base […]

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The Baranco Wall I am not sure I have words to fully describe this day! The Baranco Wall should come with a minimum leg length requirement, a bit like minimum height restrictions on a rollercoaster ride! As usual, we were woken at 6:00am with hot tea, and a hot breakfast to fuel us for our […]

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After an improved nights sleep, we were once again woken at 6:00am with hot tea and breakfast calling. After packing our daypacks we headed out of camp with a goal to reach Lava Tower for lunch, before descending to camp for the night. This was the day that we would begin to ‘feel the mountain’ […]

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We were woken at 6:00am with hot tea after a fairly sleepless night, the anticipation of the day ahead playing its part. After packing our belongings into our duffel bags ready for the porters, we all joined in the mess tent for a fabulous hot breakfast of toast, sausages, frittata and fried potatoes. We set […]

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Our group joined forces at hotel reception after breakfast and met some of the team who would be supporting us on our adventure. They took charge of our well packed duffel bags and loaded them onto the transport, ready to head to our starting point at the Machame Gate. We arrived at the edge of […]

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So today was kit check and briefing day! The lead guide came to check we had everything we needed and then gathered the group together to give us our general briefing. The mountain has, so far, been hiding from us behind the clouds, but maybe it’s a good thing to not see it’s enormity before setting off?  […]

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Well, here we are! In just 4 weeks time it’ll be day 1 of the trek, (apologies, that should say ‘walk’) So where am I up to? Well I have received confirmation from Tanzania Immigration that my visa has been approved and they will be letting me in the country, woop woop! No excuses now! […]

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