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Dave Baptie
Feb 51 min read
The idea
Dave Baptie, a 54-year-old from Lincoln, has decided to take on the challenge of climbing Mt Kilimanjaro with 8 other family members from...
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Dave Baptie
Feb 52 min read
The Route
We will be tackling the Machame route which has been nicknamed the “Whiskey Route” because it is often perceived as being tougher...
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Dave Baptie
Feb 51 min read
Training
It is recommended to start training 8 weeks from the start of the trek but I am running the Lincoln 10K just after Easter, and having had...
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Dave Baptie
Feb 51 min read
Now for the science bit…
There are no specific known factors such as age, sex or physical condition that correlate to your susceptibility to altitude sickness....
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Dave Baptie
Feb 41 min read
The challenge
At 5,895m (19,341ft) Mt Kilimanjaro is one of the World’s Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each of the traditional continents. It...
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