{"id":1075,"date":"2013-01-27T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2013-01-27T15:32:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T13:32:07","slug":"mount-kilimanjaro-am-i-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/?p=1075","title":{"rendered":"Mount Kilimanjaro – Am I Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So for those who don’t know, I will soon find myself in Tanzania trekking up Mt Kilimanjaro<\/a> with a colleague. The plan is to spend a total of 7-8 days going up the mountain.<\/p>\n

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When you read the websites of the tour operator companies, it’s extremely tempting to think that because it is not a technical climb (where climbing gear is required), that it is just a simple walk in the park, so-to-speak. However, thank goodness for the multiple sources on the Internet! This climb seems like it is going to be very challenging. I am a bit concerned that the endurance and strength training I have been doing might not be enough. My goal is to reach the summit (something that only about 64% of the people attempting the climb on my route actually accomplish) and to be part of the percentage that gets up there. In addition to increasing my training, I have been walking and changed my diet considerably since 01 January. We’ll see if I am successful to get to the top of the summit! What I am missing unfortunately is some form of altitude training that is not available in Stockholm, but in talking to the Climb company, I added in an extra day beyond the normal in order to get used to the altitude.<\/p>\n

I am really looking forward to this climb. It will make my trek up the Great Wall seems like a stroll in comparison.<\/p>\n

SO wish me luck, health, and success dear friends! I am eager to make it to the summit and to share my success with you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So for those who don’t know, I will soon find myself in Tanzania trekking up Mt Kilimanjaro with a colleague. The plan is to spend a total of 7-8 days going up the mountain. When you read the websites of the tour operator companies, it’s extremely tempting to think that because it is not a … Continue reading Mount Kilimanjaro – Am I Ready?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[12,42,41,20,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1078,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions\/1078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}