On the 3rd of February I successfully summited Kilimanjaro (evidence attached !). It was much harder than I'd anticipated - a great feeling when you're back down but not so good at the time! Above 5500m the altitude sickness really began to get to me and for the last couple of hours to the summit I was feeling light headed and nauseous. It was undoubtedly the toughest thing I've done in the last 30 years and definitely a case of mind over body!! From a group of sixteen, thirteen made the summit and of the thirteen, three were carried off the summit by porters.
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