Getting Started!

Welcome back,

I am on catch up with this blog, but from now on in, i will endeavour to post at least monthly. So where have i got to?

i have paid my deposit to Action Challenge who are the company that are running the group up Kilimanjaro. They have sent a bunch of info through for me and there is plenty to do logistically just to get to Tanzania, so far, i have managed to arrange my travel insurance even with being blind, so no matter what, if i fall off the mountain, i am insured to do so!

In terms of my training, things haven't progressed as much as i would have liked. I have been getting some regular sessions on the ski machine in my garage, but i have not really been out on many distance walks. I have been trying to join a walking club as this i thought would be a good solution to my problem, but unfortunately, they have been reluctantt to help due to my blindness. I did however recieve confirmation this week that they would do another trial walk in late July, so this will have to suffice for now and fingers crossed it will all fall into place.

In the meantime, i am going to wonder around Snowdon with my mate John for a weekend at the end of June, John is a bit of a task master, so i fully expect to be put through my paces over that weekend and it will really hit me what it is like to do 2 distance walks on the bounce, which in turn will give me some small insight to the challenge that i face on Kilimanjaro.

On top of John, a couple of people at work have offered some walking assistance in the evenings, and again i have booked for the end of June, all being well, i will start to get some regular walks in as June comes to an end and July gets started.

That's it from me, i am on holiday for the next week or so, i'll update you again with how i am getting on in the next couple of weeks.

Do take time to donate to HDH through my Just Giving Page www.justgiving.com/paulsepicclimb
All the best,

Paul