I'm so proud of you team! I wish I was there for every step! Give my best to Archangel Rachael. Can't wait to share hugs of success and love for you all!

We are over half way!

At the base of Kilimanjaro...

Lydia, Jo-Anne, Ingrid (L-R in black T's) and friends, show their love for credit unions a day before they begin the big ascent.  One more night at 'normal' elevation!

Training for this climb has been a journey in itself with all the walking, hiking and climbing around the many beautiful trails in my area. Now, the countdown is on and it is time to give these feet a small break before the climb.   Well, maybe a break from climbing more ski hills, but not a break from dancing to Juluka’s “Sitting on top of Kilimanjaro”! Anybody remember it? Juluka, was the first prominent racially mixed South African band that defied apartheid rule.  It was one of my favorite bands in the 1980’s and I never thought that one day I would be climbing this ancient mountain. Have a listen... heck why not sing along too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2R0mRifDgM

I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
All my heart is yearning
Like a candle burning in the night
Seasons keep on turning
Sometimes hard to keep up the fight
I will climb the ancient mountain
I will find the last flicker of the light
CHORUS :
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
I can see a new tomorrow
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
I cast aways all my sorrows
What a strange strange freedom
Only free to choose my chains
So hard not to weaken-
Just give up and walk away
I will climb the ancient mountain
I will find the last flicker of the light
CHORUS :
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
I can see a new tomorrow (oh follow me up)
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
I cast away all my sorrows (oh follow me up)
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
It thrills me right down to the marrow (oh follow me up)
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
I can see a new tomorrow
Um ho um
CHORUS :
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro
I can see a new tomorrow.
I've reached the sun.

Can hardly believe that 2-weeks from today Lydia & I will on a plane heading to Tanzania to meet our climbing team.    Still focussed on training - 3 more boot camps to go and lots more kilometers of walking.  Very heartening to get so much support from colleagues, family and friends - our fundraising target is within reach!  And here's our destination. 

The first moon

Tonight is a full moon, precisely 28 days from now, we'll be sitting on top of Kilimanjaro getting a close up of the blue moon.