All blog posts related to sometimes risky, undertaking like cycling, skydiving, mountain climbing and backpacking.
POLE, POLE Pole pole, Swahili word meaning “take it slow”, that’s the mantra on the roof of Africa. Mt Kilimanjaro is by far my biggest challenge in mountaineering so far, an outstanding 5895 meters above sea level (masl) or 19,340 feet. The road to this summit was marred with sweat, determination, razor sharp focus, resilience,…
To be honest, no words can describe how i felt the last 2days after summiting. The only language i understood was to descend. In this blog, i share with you my trek back to basecamp.
I take you into my experience tracking mountain Gorillas in Bwindi a world heritage site in Uganda.
Aside from the ever green vegetation cover in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), I couldn’t resist appreciating special works done to conserve nature and Gorillas in south western Uganda.
After a 20mins brief the following day, we set off to a location of the Gorilla family we were assigned to track. In about 45mins deep into the forests, we were able to start the trek in lookout for the already spotted location of the Habinyanja family.
The day we all looked forward to finally came. All the anticipation, anxiety and summit excitement was to lie at our barks as we tackled the most challenging day and as we pushed for the Margherita Peak. In this blog, I share the ins and outs of our trek to and fro the summit.
On our 5 days ascend of Mt. Rwenzori taking the central circuit trail, the last camp is Elena and in this blog share with you my experience trekking from Bujuku camp to Elena camp in what turned out to be a do or die affair.
Our day 3 hiking Mt. Rwenzori via the central circuit trail, we ascended to Bujuku camp at 3962m ASL and in this blog, I share with you my nuts and bolts experience.
Day 2 ascending Mt. Rwenzori is an experience of its own. Hiking to John Maata camp at 3505m ASL is one of those moments you take to reconsider your decision to hike Mt. Rwenzori.
Taking our first ascend in Mt. Rwenzori National Park. Starting at about 1000m ASL, we hiked for 8-10hours ascending to Nyabitaba camp at 2651m ASL. Here is a detailed breakdown of how it all went.
About 10 years ago, I had a friend who was a pro cyclist from Uganda Cycling Association. He would jazz me about how they cycled from Kampala to Entebbe and back. I didn’t believe it was possible. However, as a cycling fan, I put it at the back of my mind and said to myself…
It’s just 44 Days left for me to go for my hike on Mt. Rwenzori. If you told me a week ago that I could do a 42km hike around Kampala, I would gladly say that it was imposible. But guess what, with a team of amazingly crazy hikers, we took on the seven…