Well, the thoughts rushed through my mind late this afternoon, i took a phone call from Action Challenge this afternoon, they advised me that they had not minimum number of participants on the open group that i was forming and as such, they were cancelling the trip that i am booked on! Well, i was speechless for a second or 2, quick recovery and discussion around the options. "You can cancel your place, get your deposit back and call it a day" said the Action Challenge rep, i entertained the idea, thinking how i might skip the country having taken peoples sponsorship...."No, that's not really an option" i had to admit!
As it turns out i can do the climb in February, a 4 week delay. Not the end of the world and looking on the bright side, i have more time to raise some cash and my wife is happy as i can now make our annual appointment i.e. Wedding Anniversary as opposed to being up a mountain!
Cam't believe that things have moved on so quickly, i have been doing plenty of training, be it walks in the country or time in the garage/gym.
Next Friday i will be going to the Altitude Centre for some altitude training, so that promises to be an experience, i will be sure to post some photos and comments!
I have dropped an email to a local school asking for their help with some fundraising, so fingers crossed, the head teacher will respond.
I finally got my backside into gear and have uploaded my radio interview to skydrive, you can listen to the interview here.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e959f30338775382&resid=E959F30338775382!10
Take care and i will blog again in a couple of weeks.
Paul
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