October 2010
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Kili packing not yet started and leaving in 12 hours!
Plane to Amsterdam still delayed and not only am I starving but I cannot take my malarone without liquid!
September 2010
22 posts
Would you believe that two of our Kili hikers are now lost in Glendalough after their afternoon hike?
Cmrf briefing in full swing! Up in 5 mins bout Kili.
Crossed to the other side for one morning only. Irish Heart Foundation walk in Phoenix Park. Living here at min!
In Tangerine Studios with Richard & Mick 4 final signoff on Viking Run doc from visit to Norway in 09. Coffee?
I wonder if I asked him tonight, would Michael Buble come to Kilimanjaro?
Nice morning in the Phoenix Park taking pictures at the Guinness staff triathlon in aid of Crumlin.
Good man Arthur. No one else could turn a Thursday night in Sept into the biggest night out of the year!
Hiking from Sandyford to Enniskerry today over the Wicklow Way. Now where are the rest of the team?
Just had a Eureka moment at 7.31am on a Friday morning. Roll on today!
In the space of one week, my journey time to work has gone from 20 mins to 1hr 10 mins. Great to have the schools back!
Sunny start to day for Climb for Kids Kili training w/e in Wicklow. Full crew to be put through paces!
Nicola Mernagh is just back in the office following a very successful Chatterbox meeting. Go Nic!
Day 8 of the Alpine Challenge begins. Off to Switzerland.
Five hours of blogging this afternoon but worth it. Sure what else would someone do in Bolzano, Italy on a sunny day?!
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Kilometres for Kids Alpine Challenge 2010 - Day 6
Wednesday 1st September
Today’s route leads us through the Dolomites up into the high mountains above 3000m, the highest of the trip so far ahead of our destination in Bolzano, Italy some 237km away tonight. The traffic out of Udine is slow yet still maintains to surprise with a selection of over-taking manoevres out of the “how not to do it” manual!
Part of the riding group...
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Kilometres for Kids Alpine Challenge - Day 5
Tuesday 31st August
A new friend joined us today for today’s ride from Klagenfurt in Austria, through Slovenia and onto Udine in North-east Italy. Totally embraced by all in the group, our new friend or “Mr Sunshine” as we grew to know him allowed our riders extra comfort on every bend, corner and switchback that was proving troublesome during the two day’s prior.
In the...
Yesterday was Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. Today is the Dolomites in Italy. Never had such a work out on the bike as on there roads.
August 2010
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Can you believe it? Rain and snow this morning so 3 hour delay on departure to Klagenfurt in southern Austria.
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Kilometres for Kids - Alpine Challenge Day 4
Monday 30th August
Following on from a super first day in the saddle, the Alpine gods did not shine brightly on this Monday morning as we met to discuss the route from Salzberg, Austria to Klagenfurt, Austria.
Manuel Taschner of Edelweiss Bike Travel
Upon advice from the Edelweiss HQ in Seefeld in Austria, we had to consult the ski forecast for details of the Grossglockner Alpine Road where...
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Sunday 29th August - Part 2
And so to the the first day’s ride on a fresh morning from Erding to Salzburg, 202km and a nice introduction to riding in Germany and Austria.
The group about to depart from the Tulip Inn in Erding on day one
The overview of today’s route can be viewed through google maps here but overall it represented a great opportunity for our group to get used to...
2pm Sunshine. 2.01pm Cloud. 2.02pm Buckets of rain. How things can change! Now at Eagles Nest, Hitlers summer home.
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Sunday August 29th 2010 - Part 1
Erding marks the start of the Alpine Challenge 2010. With only a population of 34,122, we increased that to 34,146 with the addition of our group.
The central square in the centre of Erding from www.erdinger-tempel-13a.de
As the 7:00am wake-up calls stirred each member of our 24-strong group from their slumber, it was now a case of who exactly makes up the...
The Alpine Motorcycle Challenge 2010 has officially started. In Wasserberg now 71km from Munich on first leg of day one.
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Saturday August 28th 2010
And so to the final day of work and preparation ahead of the Alpine Challenge group’s arrival into Munich. First on the agenda was a meeting with Edelweiss Bike Travel, our tour partners. Our two guides for this year’s trip are Thomas Ritt and Manuel Taschner.
Thomas, a native of Munich, is a familiar face to those who participated in last year’s...
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Friday 27th August 2010
And so to departure day, well, departure day for me anyway along with our marshalling team Darren Smith, Aidan Sheehan and Ross Ringwood.
Photo of Airbus from Aer Lingus fleet from www.imagetours.de.
As with everything there was some last-minute items to be dealt with including the handover of the Climb for Kids - Mount Kilimanjaro project in the office itself. That...
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Writing any blog retrospectively is always a difficult task. Remembering what happened, when it happened and who said what can be difficult so I’m simply going to look back at the week leading up to the CMRF Alpine Challenge and keep the blog updated daily through the trip.
I’m making this promise to our Communications Executive Sarah Benson who has provided me with the tools (laptop...
Out of an excellent meeting with Miele at Citywest just off the N7. Huge possibilities.
Just back at car following our night hike outside Blessington. 12Km, 5 hours and a lot of bog. The star brought me home!
Preparing 4night climb later tonight all part of the training 4 Crumlin’s Kilimanjaro trek in aid of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin
Sitting on top of Maulin peak in Wicklow at 580m on the first of our Kilimanjaro training days.
Crumlin table quiz - Thurs 12th August
Just a quick note to say that if anyone is in the Rathmines area of town tonight, then why not drop into Rody Boland’s for a table quiz in aid of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin at 8:30pm. Teams of 5 are €50 each with some great prizes for all.
For those of you who don’t know where the venue is, check out the location below.
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Meeting point for Sunday’s Kili training hike will be Crone Wood car park just outside Enniskerry. Any problems let me know
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July 2010
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Climber number 12 signed up for Kill tonight thanks to John. One place left. Is it Ross or Lisa?
