Sat as I am in Starbucks just around the corner from the Tanzanian Embassy I have a bit of time to reflect on the weekend. I suppose the first thing to say is how I managed to get up at 6 am this morning. My right hip is killing me but hopefully that is just temporary, otherwise no reaction to the excersions of the weekend.
Here is my first thought of the week. We saw and made fun of lots of sheep who seemed to wander around aimlessly and precariously on steep hillsides and cliff edges. At times we even questioned why sheep behave the way they do and what is their point apart from an excellent compliment to mint sauce! But are we any different? This morning I along with several hundred others wedged myself into a long metal container on wheels in order to get transported from one spot to another. Some people pay thousands of pounds a year to repeat this experience every day of the week! Are we really any different to those sheep? Who is better off us or them? The comparison amuses me this morning.
On top of Kilimanjaro!
At 7.45am on Friday 13th Feb 2009, after exactly 8 hours of climbing I reached the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro
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- Simon Collinge
- Well I guess I've reached that point in my life when a portion of time is usefully spent on reflection in order for what follows to be even better than that which proceeded it. To the reader, however, if you are interested in some background, I'm a single dad (with two boys), Gemini, born in Liverpool, raised and educated in Sussex. Home is a small cottage in Bedfordshire, convenient for family, schools and work, all of which dominate most of my waking hours.
On top of Snowdon
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