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TANZANIA | Tuesday, 26 May 2015 | Views [807]
I have been away for two weeks, which you may or may not know. I took this time to experiment for my Kilimanjaro challenge, making sure I still had my weekly LinkedIn long post published, Facebook page published and World Nomads blog listed.
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TANZANIA | Saturday, 9 May 2015 | Views [274]
A while ago I talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, most recently on the Kilimanjaro TrekPrep weekend, I realised the importance of surrounding yourself with people with the same goals.
It also helped me understand ... Read more >
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TANZANIA | Tuesday, 5 May 2015 | Views [446]
Last blog I talked about how much I learnt on the Kilimanjaro prep weekend, run by a client of mine Dave Stewart, of The Fresh Air Learning Company. I learnt so much from this professional weekend and one thing in particular has struck deeper with me ... Read more >
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TANZANIA | Tuesday, 28 Apr 2015 | Views [528]
This weekend I spent on a TrekPrep weekend, run by a client of mine Dave Stewart, MD of The Fresh Air Learning Company. The joining pack stated “An awesome weekend of fun and fresh air, preparing you for the mighty ascent of Kilimanjaro, the highest ... Read more >
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TANZANIA | Tuesday, 21 Apr 2015 | Views [637]
The news on my friend, brother in law and personal cycling trainer is that he dislocated his shoulder, collar bone and broke a bone in his elbow, so is currently off his bike.
Not to let this stop me, I got out for some great training over ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, mid life crise, panic, panic, summit, trekking
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 14 Apr 2015 | Views [518]
You may remember that my recent blog talked about not being well. I never expected to be practically bed bound for three days with a virus.
Or to hear the news when I woke up on Saturday lunchtime, that the best mountain biker I know was in A&... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, mid life crise, panic, panic, summit, trekking
TANZANIA | Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 | Views [882]
Today is Tuesday 7 th April, my Birthday. You may wonder why I am writing this blog but hopefully the points I am discussing will make sense, these are even more relevant today.
I have had a long Easter break and realised that it has been ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, panic, panic, summit, trekking
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2015 | Views [593] | Comments [2]
Frustration that everything I have planned to do isn’t happening as quickly as I would like it to, who can relate to that?
Frustration in what has probably been the most trying week of my working career; I have been feeling poorly again. No ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, panic, panic, summit, trekking
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 24 Mar 2015 | Views [480]
Six months. Not long now, and short enough to generate a fear of failure. Today’s thought was fear of not succeeding. Six months today I will be starting the climb of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Today the realisation of the size of the task ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, hard work, killimanjaro, panic, summit, trekking
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 17 Mar 2015 | Views [456]
In the last blog I was talking about surrounding yourself with the right people, to achieve your vision, but I have realised you also need to have the right support around you, which has helped me no end recently.
This support for me recently has ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, killimanjaro, summit, trekking
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 5 Feb 2015 | Views [1343] | Comments [2]
I am Tony Mattravers, a married father of one who has wanted to climb Kilimanjaro for many years.
About two years ago, I was three and a half stone heavier than I am now, but took a decision to change my life, as I was not doing any exercise ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, killimanjaro, summit, trekking
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