Camp 1. A fantastic day starting with a four hour journey over tracks and bits of what they say is road round to our start point at Rongai forest . Weather overcast but when it cleared very hot. How we survived without one hell of an accident was amazing . It was pure Tanzania. Quite breath taking. Packs on and take on loads of water., Dust covering everything, and pole pole. (slow slow) . Everyone is getting on really well .. Highlights.. Road trip,Monkeys, du...

Day one. 0305 hrs pick up meant we arrived at Heathrow at 0345hrs with boarding at 0600hrs. Meet a very nice girl from Tanzania in the security queue. Good flight to Amsterdam and fairly swift change with a little more time to fraternise with the natives. By the way Joe has bought a hairdryer with him!!!! 8 hours then to Kilimanjaro(with Ozzies taking 36 from Sydney) . KLM left Kathleen's boots bag in Amsterdam. Rich got TO know Pennie rather than watching the ...

Roman Abramovich collapses during attempt to conquer Kilimanjaro Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, has abandoned an attempt to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro after collapsing more than 4,000ft from the summit. From The Daily Telegraph - 13TH SEPTEMBER 2009 Roman Abramovich had 113 porters to assist his party of six, newspaper's reported. Photo: GETTY In March, Cheryl Cole, the X Factor judge, Chris Moyles, the ...