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The Ultimate trip... 5-Dec-2008 At 6:13:36 PM JimboV10

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On 5/12/2008 prb wrote:
>On 5/12/2008 JimboV10 wrote:
>
>>Also, I'm not really a mountaineer as such so Kinabalu, Kili and Kenya
>are peaks I can do pretty easily
>although I think Kenya is a bit more technical??
>
>You have to climb to tick Kenya. There are pitches of about 17 on the
>standard North Face route on the
>high peak (Batian) so a rope and rack would be a good idea. Finding someone
>to climb with would also be
>a good idea - it's a big mountain with plenty of objective dangers (the
>lower gully that route takes is a
>shooting gallery). August is a good time to be there and also a good time
>for the Serengeti (wildebeest
>migration). We only struck light snow atop Kenya.

Cool thanks...I thought I would have to actually rope up for that, so maybe I'll try to con a belay partner in for just that part of the trip.. anyone wanna come to Africa??

I'm also toying with the idea of flying the round world fare in Business Class beause a) you get at least a 30kg luggage limit, plus extra hand luggage b) limosuines to and from airport to hotel - no taxis for me! c)my luggage comes off first d) i acutally get to sleep on the plane and e) with the amount of Freq flyer points I'll have afterwards, I could probably get a one way to London free! Plus for my own knowledge I want to see what all the diff Bus Classes are like - have already flown a fair bit with Emirates + Qantas - so I can pass on the info to clients etc