TANZANIA | Friday, 30 Aug 2013 | Views [351]
30 th August Day 4, The Baranco Wall, Jump Shots & it starts to get cold!
Altitude: Start at Baranco Camp @ 3840m, ie 485mmHg of O 2 , 63% O 2 available at Sea Level, My SPO 2 : 84%
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TANZANIA | Thursday, 29 Aug 2013 | Views [348]
29 th August Day 3, Higher and Higher and “don’t shit in our toilet”!
Altitude: Start at Shira Camp @ 3840m, ie 485mmHg of O 2 , 64% O 2 available at Sea Level, My SPO 2 : 91%
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TANZANIA | Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013 | Views [571]
28 th August Day 2, Kili reveals herself and First Taste of Altitude Sickness.
Altitude: Start at Machame Camp @ 2980m, ie 538mmHg of O 2 , 71% O 2 available at Sea Level, My SPO 2 : 94%
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Tags: altitude sickness, kili, machame, moshi, shira, tanzania
KENYA | Tuesday, 27 Aug 2013 | Views [567]
27th August Machame Gate & First Day of the Climb
Altitude: Start at Springlands @ 800m, ie 694mmHg or 91% of O 2 available at Sea Level, My SP0 2 : 97%
Machame Gate @ 1800m, ie 641mmHg or 84% of O ... Read more >
Tags: kili, machame, moshi, tanzania
KENYA | Monday, 26 Aug 2013 | Views [577]
26th August Nairobi to Moshi (Kilimanjaro Launch Pad) & the Wavy Dong!
Altitude: 800m, ie 694mmHg or 91% of O2 available at Sea Level (although the percentage of O2, 21%, remains the same)
My SP0 2 : 97%
Woke up at 3:45am. Body still on ... Read more >
Tags: kili, kilimanjaro, moshi, nairobi, tanzania, traffic
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 25 Aug 2013 | Views [961] | Comments [1]
Sunday 25th August Dubai/ Nairobi
I had a 5 hour wait in Dubai Airport. For those of you who have never transitted through Dubai, it is a seething mass of humanity. Despite their new 3rd terminal there is a huge number of people and a bit of ... Read more >
Tags: africa, airport, dubai, harare, nairobi, visa
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 Aug 2013 | Views [441]
Saturday 24th August (Perth)
Got up feeling slightly delicate after last nights excesses with all the ex-zimbos. Made worse by the fact that my body is still on Queensland time and I woke up at about 4:30am wide awake. Had a few things ... Read more >
Tags: dubai, perth, zimbos
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 23 Aug 2013 | Views [644]
Friday 23 August (Perth)
I woke up at 5:30 am - my usual wake up time, but on Queensland time not Perth time which is 2 hours behind and struggled to get back to sleep! How can you get jet lagged over 2 hours. Anyway, I had a few things to do ... Read more >
Tags: family, perth, zimbabweans, zimbos
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 22 Aug 2013 | Views [547]
Thursday 22nd Aug D-Day - The Start & Flight to (Cairns/ Perth, Australia)
1:45am - home from the pub! Jonny Marshall you are a bad influence. Jeezo my head is pounding this morning! Up at 6:30, missed saying goodbye to Sez ... Read more >
Tags: cairns, family, flight, holidays, jetstar, perth
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 16 Aug 2013 | Views [678]
Friday 16th August D-day -6 (Cairns, Australia)
Last day at work. Why when you are leaving for 4 months does everyone need a letter or legal report or worksite visit or some other time consuming task that takes loads of time. Oh well no more ... Read more >
Tags: equipment, holiday, packing, training, trekking
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 1 Aug 2013 | Views [865]
Hi everyone!
Here is my blog or online diary of my trip of a lifetime to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania & altitude sickness allowing, a climb to the top. Followed by a short photographic Kenyan safari to ... Read more >
Tags: altitude, dragoman, g adventures, hiking, holiday, kenya espresso safaris, kilimanjaro, photography, trekking, wildlife
