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Kilimanjaro Kit List – What to Bring on Your Hike

Time for the fun bit - building your Kilimanjaro Kit List and buying shiny new gear! This Kilimanjaro Kit List shall

Pembrokeshire: The Best Road Trip in Wales

When trying to decide where to go on a road trip in Wales, you are faced with a lot of

What Does Eco / Ethical Tourism Even Mean?!

These terms get thrown around a lot these days: ethical travel, eco-tourism, sustainable tourism, responsible and conscious tourism. But what

Hiking Near Padstow – The Seven Bays

Cornwall offers some of the finest summer hiking in the UK due to its favourable weather and incredible coastal sea

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Chris Whittaker

Professional fun haver & good time enthusiast.

After years embracing the unknown across the far corners of the globe, stumbling into weird and wacky adventures through a fascination of culture, people and places that were once a world away.

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Meeting the locals 🦌 I'm starting to develop a

Meeting the locals 🦌 I'm starting to develop a keen interest with wildlife in the rain. There's something captivating about watching them in adverse conditions. The birds in Belize would perch with their wings fully spread out, in an attempt to drip dry as fast as possible. The leopard in Tanzania stood under a tree, as close to the trunk as possible. They no longer looked fierce. They looked no different than a sad house cat, stuck in the garden with the backdoor locked. And here, the stags of Glen Etive, they just get on with it. A reminder of how easy us humans have it. With our roofs, our heating and our lives of luxery. Sometimes it takes a long walk in the heavy rain to remind ourselves of what we so often take for granted.
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She's glowing down the mountain @frangarlick 🔥🔥🔥 An incredible display of light and colour as the day turned to night, back around Christmas.
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Hello Glencoe. This drive took twice as long as i

Hello Glencoe. This drive took twice as long as it should of done, as I had to continuously pull over to take photos every time the sky changed colour. In transit to my new home in the Highlands.
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Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 4 22/1

Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 4 22/11/20 SUMMIT DAY Kibo Camp - Uhuru Peak - Horombo Camp. 12:30am, time to begin. Waking up was easy as I hadn’t actually fallen asleep yet, due to a mix of altitude and nervous excitement for what was about to come. I felt completely zombified. I had some tea and biscuits, got my layers on and we began the climb. Slight headache. As we moved up my hands and feet felt really cold, so I put on my thick mittens and stuffed boot warmers in when we took a break in a cave. I took this moment to turn off my headlight and appreciate the Milky Way as it spread across the night sky directly overhead. I pointed out some constellations to my guide Benny and told him that I think the planet we could see is Mars. All I could think about was the sunrise. I was exhausted and knew the sunlight would wake me up. I matched Benny’s steps and told myself I would not under any circumstances ask for a break. He would set the pace. I will stop when I am told to stop and I will get up and walk when he tells me the breaks over. I will follow him to the top and that’s that. Left foot, right foot. Left foot, right foot. The thought of not making it never even once entered my mind. I wouldn’t let it. There was absolutely no way I wasn’t reaching the summit. I felt the struggle, sure. I felt tired, needing rest and hoping Benny would soon call for a break - but I would never ask for one. At 6:30am the sun began to rise above Mt Mawenzi. There was an ocean below us, a cloud inversion reaching for as far as the eye could see. We plodded on and I couldn’t believe our luck. Cloud below us and clear blue skies appearing above. Perfect conditions for summit day. --- Read the full text over on FB. I hope that next year they'll be a few more of you stood beside me in these photos ✌️
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Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 3 21/

Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 3 21/11/20 Todays hike from Horombo to Kibo Camp (4720m) was incredible. The environmental changes throughout the day were so dramatic and contrasting. There was a definitive point from moorland to alpine desert, where no plant life was able to survive beyond an almost exact line in the sand. After spending an entire week in Moshi and never getting a clear view of the mountain, due to cloud cover, I was finally able to get eyes on Uhuru Peak, the crater and Mawenzi. I foolishly felt like it didn’t seem that far away (I soon found out how wrong I was the next day!) We moved fast and made it to Kibo for lunch, 1.5 hours faster than the approximated time. I was hoping to spend the remainder of the day resting and sleeping, as I knew the following day was going to be a big one. Unfortunately my mind and body had other ideas as my insomniac phase I was experiencing throughout the week increased. I was unable to sleep. I also started to feel the first signs of high altitude. The short walk from the bathroom to my room felt more arduous than it should have. I could feel my heartbeat pulsing in my neck. However, my appetite was so far unaffected and I had no problem polishing off the comedically sized portion of pasta I was served for dinner. As day turned to night, Mt. Mawenzi became enticing. With every light change it drew me in further. And when the stars came out I had no choice but to head out with my tripod and continue on my astrophotography mission. I met up with Benny for what felt like a serious briefing on what was to come. I laid out all my gear so he knew I was ready. Shit was getting real. This did not help with my inability to sleep - I was just too excited with what was to come. I laid awake in bed until my alarm rang at 02:00am and the summit attempt began.
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Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 2 20/

Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 2 20/11/20 I didn't sleep great so I took a walk outside and watched a distant lightning storm. It was far enough away that I couldn't hear it, but the occasional flash lit up the horizon. This was accompanied with a chorus of what I later found out were called Tree Hyrax. A marmot-squirrel sort of animal that has a loud call at night. I woke up and started the day with a Blue Monkey strolling passed the door. He didn't seem bothered by our presence in any way - or that of the colobus monkeys that were still hanging out in the trees near by. He foraged around in the bushes before disappearing. We got hiking at a slow and sustainable pace. 'Pole pole' is the phrase that you will hear many, many times. As we continued we slowly broke out of the forest and into the moorland. Except the moorland was not how it once was. A bushfire had raged through this section for an entire week, only a month earlier. Local firefighters battled hard to save one of the campsites. It was oddly beautiful. Lush greens popped out of the dark ashy backdrop. New life was pushing through and flowering. Once we made it to Horombo Camp (3720m) I thought it would be a good opportunity to film a time-lapse of the sunset. A time-lapse wasn't necessary as the mists moved so quickly around the mountain. The clouds danced, the sky lit up and was finally able to lay eyes on Kibo, the highest point in all of Africa, for the first time. I was also able to see Mt. Mawenzi, the second highest of Kilimanjaro's three craters.
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Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 1. 20

Kilimanjaro Trip Report: Marangu Route Day 1. 20/11/20 Our hike started with a crack of lightning directly above our heads. The thunder had been rolling all day, but this was now on top of us - we were in the 'light rain' season after all. We suited up in our rain gear and embraced the downpour. I wondered whether this is what the next 5 days was going to look like... We entered the montane forest and into a magical world of life and growth. Plants, trees and fungi all perfectly entwined in synergy. The Old Man's Beard hung off of every tree and a stream meandered along the path, as did we. The rain eased off after lunch, and if anything it was quite nice to keep the temperature down. It allowed for a steady walking pace without over heating. We reached our first camp, Mandara Hut (2,720m), in good time as it's a short first day. Greeting us at the camp was a troop of the extravagantly dressed black and white colobus monkey's - a first for me and a new animal for my Pokédex.
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This is the year for doing epic shit. Just like e

This is the year for doing epic shit. Just like every year. Get outside, experience new things, see new places and push your comfort zone. Be thankful for what you've got and play the hand you've been dealt. Take control of what's within your power to change. Your happiness is within your hands. Accept the world as it is and realise that plans B-Z can be just as incredible as plan A. Let's make another year filled with memories to look back on and stories worthy of a campfire. ✌️
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