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Last Updated: 11/18/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 100
Sign: Libra

City: Hackney
State: London and South East
Country: UK
Signup Date: 4/29/2006
Friday, October 23, 2009 
Hey Hey everyone! Africa was amazing! I totally fell in love with the Tanzanian people, the Swahili language, the beauty of mainland Tanzania & the breathtaking island of Zanzibar... paradise is the only way to describe it. Kilimanjaro was fantastic, our guides were fantastic, the people I climbed with were fantastic and our porters... well they were super human. How they can run up a mountain with their own backpack on their back & my 15kg bag on their head is just baffling. They would put you to shame. It was amazing how they carry everything on their heads!
I did summit Kilimanjaro at Gillmans Point on Saturday 12th Septemer at 7.30am, watching an amazing sunrise! I was 5,681m above sea level but sadly I couldn't continue to Uhuru Peak at 5,895m due to altitude sickness... oh my God, it's so hard to describe it and it's really hit or miss if it will affect you, I could do it tomorrow & not be affected by it, I was very ill, vomiting, nose bleeds & basically felt like a 90 year old woman having to sit down every 10 steps & couldn't breath! It was really frightening as i'm a fit and healthy person & I'm rarely ever sick. I was gutted & don't even know how I made it to the summit, actually I do because one of my brilliant guides Hubert kicked my ass up there. My mate Ben who luckily didn't get altitude sickness made it all the way to Uhuru Peak, go Ben. If you ever want to climb Kilimanjaro use the African Walking Company, there were so great & professional. There were 11 of us climbing, we had 6 guides & 31 porters all of whom were fantastic! Zanzibar was paradise, white sand beaches, palm trees, torquoise blue water... we went snorkling loads, did lots of sailing trips, saw gaint Tortises it was just unforgettable. It's also steeped in history, it's a really interesting place.

I definitely left a bit of my heart in Africa, I really want to go back & discover more of it, I found it fasinating and the people were so lovely, you can see that Tanzania is an obviously very poor country but the people were so warm and welcoming & happy. Do we really need all the materialistic things we have in our lives in the western world... no way. I'm sad my little adventure is over for this year but already planning next years, plus Ben & I raised loads of money for charity, so far we raised £1,030 for the children's charity Kids Aid Tanzania and £1,435 for the Cancer Charity Sarcoma Trust UK. Huge thanks to everyone who sponsored us, they were for 2 great causes find out more info here... http://www.justgiving.com/ben-clodagh-kilimanjaroMost importantly I did this climb in memory of my dear friend Ashley Masella who passed away 2 years ago, I'm sure she was having a good laugh at me trying to get to the summit! Hehehe! That was for you Ash!Music news soon too! Luv Clodagh xx
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