High places, trails and training with a splash of fashion and rhythm flavour
It's been now +6 months since we climbed Kilimanjaro. I thought it would be a good time to finish the series and walk a bit on the memory lane and look back on what happened and what thoughts have come to my mind since. The reality is that our journey as awesome and great as [...]
Sunburn on my lower lip! I could not sleep. I had this weird tingling feeling on my lower lip. I kept on putting lip balm on it, but it just did not go away. I finally fell asleep though only to wake up later with my lower lip completely swollen. It felt like an allergic [...]
Leaving Kibo camp heading towards Mawenzi peak Finally down hill, yay! I was so happy to go to bed knowing I would be "getting out of here". I was already feeling better, but still not good. Anything you did was an effort. Getting up and going to the toilet even! I had hard time falling [...]
I woke up around 3 am to send the rest of the Team Ubuntu on their way to reach for the top. I was feeling better myself but still knew that this day was out of reach for me. Wanted to though wake up to see the rest of the team off so we had [...]
I woke up feeling OK, but not good. I could feel the headache in the back of my head a bit distant though and I felt a bit dizzy. I was hoping the headache would have been completely gone by the morning, like all the mornings before, but since that was not the case I [...]
Second week was more trekking again up and down. We reached the highest altitude to everyone and also went almost 2000 meters down to get off the mountain. This last week was physically very demanding due to the altitude sickness symptoms, but also going downhill was in a way hard because we were going faster [...]
We woke up a bit later about 30 minutes, but I was already up with the birds like usual. Sun was rising and it's beams were hitting the snowy summit creating a postcard view which me and Rolf from Switzerland stared at for a while and took photos. We tended to be the first ones [...]
Welcome to my "hotel room" We all had our own private "hotel rooms". My tent number was 9. I slept otherwise well but had to wake up a few times to go to the "bush" because I had been drinking so much water due to being dehydrated the previous day. Guideline was to drink as [...]
The amount of trekking we did was admirable and not just in kilometers but in altitude. I was surprised how much more calories you consume going uphill than what you would on flat ground. Probably altitude gain has something to do with it also as at least my heart rate started to increase the higher [...]
Weru Weru lodge just before we left Woke up 7 am before the alarm. I had everything organized already so quick "last" shower (there are no showers on the mountain except downhill at Horombo camp 5 nights and 6 days from now...) and off to breakfast. Few photos at the lodge of everyone and their [...]
My Journey to Kili and Back 