Mt. Meru

Right ho kids, this is it, adventure part I. It has taken at least an hour today to pack my rucsac in order to be ready for Meru. Frankly I've over packed, with my bag coming in at 16kg, but I want to make sure that I have everything that I need, and then I can pare it down to only the essentials for Mt. Kilimanjaro.

At the moment the kit list for Meru might be a little over kill, but I'd prefer to be warm and dry, rather than cold and wet. which sort of happened on the Safari. I wasn't prepared for the cold at night when the sun had gone down (as opposed to the cold at night when the sun is still up?!), and looking at the fact that there was a slight snow fall on Meru a couple of days ago (it has since cleared in the sun) I dont want to make the same mistake again.

So I've full waterproof gear, a fleece jacket a down jacket, and clothes to protect me from the sun, hopefully that will all be ok.

So on that note, I leave at 0830 tomorrow morning, and should return to the House at 2000 on Monday if all goes to plan, in the mean time, there are unlikely to be any posts as Mayhem is flying off with his girls for heat in Zanzibar, but I'll try and post on Monday evening, internet permitting, if only to say that i'm not dead!

TTFN

Kaos