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		<title>Day 7 &#8211; Horombo Camp to Marangu Park Gate to Hotel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were woken at 6.35am with our usual bowls of water to wash. After breakfast the porters and guides gathered to sing the Kilimanjaro Song to us (amazing experience) and we sang 3 verses from 3 songs (not so amazing!). On behalf of the group I then thanked the porters/guides and we gave them $570 as a gesture of thanks.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/thursday-day-6-of-trek-horombo-camp-to-marangu-park-gate</link>
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		<title>Day 6 (part 2) &#8211; Kibo Huts to Horombo Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What goes up must come down!  After we'd returned to Gilmans we then had the task of taking our tired bodies back down the mountain.  We hadn't expected the shale that had been hard work when walking up the mountain to be a huge benefit when coming down.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/day-5-part-2-kibo-huts-to-horombo-camp</link>
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		<title>Day 6 &#8211; Summit Night (Kibo to Gilmans Point to Uhuru Peak)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is it - the time has arrived.  The Porters gave us a gentle wake-up call at 10.30 pm (Tuesday).  Getting dressed was made easy by the fact that we'd gone to bed wearing most of our summit gear.  After we'd had a warm drink and filled our water bottles it was time to depart.  As we stood around for those final few moments before we set off I began to wonder, with some nervousness, what we were about to encounter.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/summit-night</link>
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		<title>Day 5 &#8211; Mawenzi Tarn to Kibo Huts (Kili base camp)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is Summit Eve!  Our goal is to get from Mawenzi Tarn campsite to Kibo Huts which are classed Kilimanjaro Base Camp.  We set off from Mawenzi Tarn at 8.30 am for aand then embarked on a 5 hour walk across the Saddle to Kibo Hut at the base of Kili.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/tuesday-%e2%80%93-day-4-of-trek-mawenzi-tarn-to-kibo</link>
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		<title>Day 4 &#8211; Kikelewa Camp to Mawenzi Tarn Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really hard day today. A constant climb with no flat bits. Oxygen is getting thin so breathing is difficult - but don't worry because we're all taking Diamox to help.  Everyone is having this problem but it's normal. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/monday-%e2%80%93-day-3-of-trek-kikelewa-camp-to-mawenzi-tarn-camp</link>
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		<title>Day 3 &#8211; Simba Camp to Kikelewa Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're doing well, the pace is very slow but the oxygen is getting a lot thinner so breathing is harder. We’ve walked for 4 hours so far and in the distance we can see snow on top of our challenge, Mount Kilimanjaro.  So far we've reached 3,000 metres.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/sunday-day-2-of-trek-simba-camp-to-kikelewa-camp</link>
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		<title>Day 2 &#8211; The African Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our flight went well in particular the fact that the flight wasn't full so we were able to move seats and get more space. We arrived at Nairobi Airport just after 6.00 a.m. To be greeted by a rather grumpy passport control guy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/day-2-the-african-experience</link>
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		<title>Day 1 &#8211; Time to leave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[15 months of planning, training and watching what we eat the time has finally arrived. I have to admit the butterflies hit me big style when the alarm went off. Hilary and I met up with our fellow climbers at Meca Services. There was an excited tension around the group. The ice was broken when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/day-1-time-to-leave</link>
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		<title>The Day It All Started!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The day it all started - Tuesday 27th October 2009!  Several of us from Exeter attended the Referrals for Life Conference in Bristol and over lunch I was chatting to Nicole Rolfe (regional Fundraiser for Sparks).  The conversation turned to treks...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/the-day-it-all-started</link>
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		<title>Express &amp; Echo article: Inspiration for our challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WHEN Exeter's David Thomas rushed his young son to hospital with suspected meningitis, he was experiencing every parent's nightmare.  But the worst was yet to come.  Doctors asked him to hold five-year-old Christopher in the foetal position so they could perform a vital lumber puncture.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidthomas.uk.com/diary/express-echo-article-inspiration-for-our-challenge</link>
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