OK, so a lot to say! Firstly, as you can see, still watch this post, will will continue posting even after my trip with my conclusions from it too. It's been the most manic two and a half weeks ever... Actually, there is so much to say that this post maybe a little disjointed, sorry, also again i am such for time, so i will post you more on this later too.
As for big news, i made it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro... 5890 m... litterally at sunrise, 6.30, on last Thursday morning. Absolutely amazing!!! But such hard work... Altitude sickness hit me from about 4900 m, and then go worse, it hit me the same as it did everyone, started as a shortness of breathe which isn't surprising considering the air up there is twice as thin. Then as we ascended further it just got worse, we had to stop for breaks every five minutes to get our breathe back even though we may only have walked say five metres... if that. When i reached the top i melt so dizzy, my muscles were nowhere near strong enough to hold me, almost fell down many times. It was so bad that i felt if i fell i would just die, i felt that if my lungs were not strong enough to carry my body, it would not be strong enough to keep it alive if i fell to the ground. Now it's done, well, I'm so glad i did it, absolutely crazy thing to do, but well worth the experience, plus it was quite cool living above the clouds for a couple of days.
As for safari, well, again well worth it, really it was the wrong time of year, but i saw everything i need to see. The only thing i missed was mating, a kill, and a good sighting of a Rhino. However, i got my Lions, Elephants, Cheetah, Hyenas, Hippos, Zebra, Buffalo's, Wildebeests and much, much more... Photos will say it all when i post them back home.
The last week in camp went well and badly. My first shock is that i didn't cry when i left, the last day was the bad day, nothing went to plan. Will post more on this next time as i have run out of it.
And on a last note as i have to leave now, i fell very sick again a couple of days ago, they followed the same symptoms as Malaria, but the doctors didn't know what it was after the tests... thing always look up for me! So they prescribed me Malaria drugs anyway, and now I'm better again. So I'm thinking it may have been again, but who knows.
Monday, November 19, 2007
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2 comments:
glad you're having fun and hope you're feeling better mate. the climb sounds like an incredible experience. thanks for providing something interesting for me to read at work! looking forward to seeing all the photos and hearing all about your adventures when you get home. all the best
I'm guessing Darren is going to be somewhat jealous of you climbing Kilimanjaro! Still it will make any trecks around purbeck seem like a piece of cake!
To keep you informed on the English sport front, the football team failed to qualify for the european championships...so the manager has just been sacked.
Hope you're having a blast during your remaining time over there. See you when you get back for a few drinks!
Dan B
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