To summarise my trip, here are the all important stats:
Number of days – 21
Flights taken – 6
Number of nights spent in tents – 13
Number of nights spent in a hotel – 6
Nights spent in the middle of a game reserve with barely any protection – 2
Number of Big 5 seen – 4
Times we accepted drugs off strangers – 1 (Diamox)
Times we gave drugs to strangers – 1 (Diamox)
Size of crew for the 2 of us up Kili – 7
Altitude Reached – 5895m above sea level
Ave daily calories consumed on Kili – a few thousand!
Times eaten peppery cucumber soup – 4 (it wasn’t great the first time)
Dogs seen on mountain that could have made us famous – 1
Items of clothing worn on summit night – 15
Dust eaten/taken home with us – far too much
Blisters – 0
Mossie Bites – 7
Drenchings from freak wave – 1 (but only Melissa)
Showers Taken – 6
Days without a drop of rain – 9