Ngorongoro Crater
A couple of weeks ago I headed off on a Saturday in the direction of my daily commute, but it wasn't for work this time - it was to head on over to Alzheimer's Society HQ in St Katherine's Dock for the Kilimanjaro Trek open day. It was a great opportunity to meet fellow trekkers and get a feel for what the trek will actually be like. It kind of all seems real now and although it's still 6 months away, I think that 6 months will fly by (well that's what I'm hoping anyway as I am so excited!). I came away feeling utterly inspired and so ready to take on the challenge.
I've decided to document the whole trip using my fab Panasonic TA1 HD camera (got it for an absolute bargain too!), my gosh the quality is incredible - you can hardly tell it's a hand held camera and it's the size of an iTouch, only a tiny fraction of the cost. I don't want to take anything with me of any value at all - I shall be taking my cheap but great Fuji digital camera, my cheapo Nokia phone and the video camera and that's it! :-) I'm going to make a proper documentary and put it on youtube afterwards. Thought I'd have a go at editing the video myself using iMovie.
When I've climbed Kili I'll be making the most of the fact that I am there and stay on for a few days taking in the sights of Tanzania. I'll be visiting Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangiri National Park and Lake Manyara National Park. I am so excited as I never ever go on holiday!
I'm already planning the next trip in my head - I'm thinking Everest next year. Why not eh - you do only live once after all. :-) There is the small matter of funds of course (I am not made of money) so I shall be selling off some possessions shortly, including my Cath Kidston Eiderdown. I don't really do anything with it so it might as well go to a good home and I can then use the money to put towards my trip.
This week I've started training for running a 10k - I managed to fit in 3x5k runs. I was supposed to do an 8k run today, but I'm still trying to get the hang of using Nike+ and it wasn't giving me the distances so I only managed 6k, but it's better than a few weeks ago where the most I could muster was 3k. I am getting a lot better - I am consistently running 5k with a time of 31 minutes. If only I could get under the 30 minute mark!! :-)
Anyway, I shall leave you with this beautiful and inspirational video.
P.s: if you fancy following my training progress, do pop on over to my other bog here.
