Pre-event nerves & excitement

It’s 24 hours before our departure, I think everything is in place, well it has to be now! I think one thing is for certain – we’ll be battling the elements either on route to Heathrow or in Tanzania. The latest weather reports from there were wet and snowy… It will be a good test of our equipment and make the walk up the ‘hill’ - as some of you like to call it - a bit more challenging.

This is going to be such a test for me. It is so different to other physical challenges that I have attempted that I would tend to attack. I am regularly told that this approach is guaranteed to fail on Kili as you would not allow your body sufficient time to acclimatise to the altitude. So this is a test of discipline and patience, two attributes that I would not claim to be my best!

Last minute panics? Updating my tunes on my i-pod! Time to forego the fast energetic running tunes for more calming influences for the peaceful surrounds of the African plains and the views from the mountain. By the end of the trip I will also be able to tell you just how long an i-pod battery will last! I know one answer, a long time but not long enough! If that is all I have to worry about I must be prepared!

Thank you again for everyone’s incredibly kind sponsorship and endless support in helping me do this. I feel that you will be pushing me up that mountain!

Lets bring it on!