Up a hill and beyond the clouds .... 2016

So what do you do when you have a large number of years on the clock; carrying a large amount of excess baggage and have a fear of heights ...... obviously you decide to go for a walk up a hill.
I could kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak - lose some unwanted weight and confront my height demon and so it was decided.
Now, what hill to walk up was the next decision .... ???

Yep ....  If you are going to do it then do it funbus style !

Off to Africa and Tanzania to scale Kilimanjaro - a rather large hill that rises to just under 6000 metres which is about 20,000 feet (note people skydive from 15,000 feet) and to put it in context is 4 and a half time higher than Ben Nevis.

Now I needed a buddy to share the madness ... step forward that damn fine fellow the truly Right Honourable Steve Butterworth esq. - a young whippersnapper with wisdom and attitude beyond his years.

So plans were made and plots were hatched to who would get us above the clouds and how would they do it. After a lot of research and measured against a high ethical bar, 'Kandoo Adventures' were engaged and a route decided upon that gave us adequate time to acclimatise as the biggest reason by far why people don't reach the top is lack of oxygen !!!

Now I could wax lyrical about Steve and mine African sojourn but everyone knows a picture paints a thousand words and so I will recount our experiences in the genre of image...

Demon - conquered 😎