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Trekking on Kilimanjaro was the most difficult thing both of us have ever done. It was mentally gruelling and physically challenging. We were in reasonable shape but the effect of altitude was so unpredictable that we just couldn't really train for it. Doug felt so miserable from Day 1 that it was a miracle that he made it as high as he did. Although I made it up to Uhuru, I couldn't help but

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We had the greatest time on the safari seeing all kinds of animals and terrains in Northern Tanzania through different parks (including, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti). Our fantastic experience was largely thanks to our wonderful and knowledgeable guide, Gideon. He was full of information and could explain everything to us in perfect clarity. We couldn't say enough good

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After spending two weeks in Tanzania, we were headed to Amsterdam for a few days before flying back to Toronto. We weren't particularly keen to repeat the 24-hour travel we did on the way here. As soon as we landed in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, we noticed that we were covered in more dirt and dust than the average traveller. Since we got time, we did some shopping to get some non-mountain/

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Back at Moivaro Lodge, today was really a rest day. We managed to negotiate checking out of our room at 3PM. A car was picking us up at 5PM to get to the Kilimanjaro Airport. We could've left last night straight from landing in Arusha but it wasn't all that bad to have a day to do nothing and enjoy Tanzania for another day.Off we went, our last day in Tanzania. We will miss it. We had an

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This is our last safari day on the Serengeti. We saw a family of giraffes - there were a couple of baby giraffes that were less than a month old. We could still their umbilical cords attached. It was so amazing.We also went to the famous hippo pool. There were lots of hippos just hanging out in the water cooling down in the hot sun. The day was more or less the same with zebras, gazelles,

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We had a late start today and the first thing we saw was two lionesses stalking a herd of zebras. Although there were a lot of vehicles stalking the lions, we managed to follow the lions through the tall grass to the water. After a nanosecond of fury and chaos with zebras dashing in all directions, we saw the lion with a baby zebra in her month. It was incredible. Then, she started dragging

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We got up bright and early after breakfast was brought to our room at 630. Although the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is only an hour away, we wanted to get out early to make the most of the time we had in the crater. The drive first up and down into the crater was just like a rollercoaster. It was so bumpy and of course dusty. The roads were so steep. The dilemma is that if the roads were

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We left Mawe Ninga today to go to Lake Manyara National Park. This park was apparently made famous by a John Wayne movie called Hatari. Manyara is a small park in comparison and is mostly rainforest as opposed to the savannah. It was also a lot busier than Tarangire being a more popular park, which means that we often looked at the same animal with other tourists in a dozen other vehicles.We

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Today we saw (obviously) more animals as we continued the game drive through Tarangire. We came across a lioness sitting under a tree panting away so we were wondering why. Then we saw a dead zebra just a little up the road. She just made a kill! How cool is that! We ended up just sitting by the dead zebra and watching the lion eating away. This would be the only time we could be with a

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We bid farewell to everyone in the Kili group last night and this morning. It was quite an incredible experience we all went through together. We left Kibo Hotel one last time. On the drive out from Marangu, we saw the mountain for the last time. It still felt so surreal to us that we were actually on it trying to get to the top.Finally we were on our own after meeting our safari guide,

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Another day of descending - we kept walking downwards. After our breakfast, we did a "closing" ceremony. We gave the staff (all 45 of them) that supported us our thanks and tip. In return, the staff sang the Kilimanjaro song for us. It was pretty cool. We were all very grateful for the support we got from the guides and porters. Without a doubt, there was no way we could've done what we did

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Summit day, which started at midnight, was cold, cold, cold, cold, cold. I was shaking at my knees. Because we were walking SO slowly, I never got warm. The walk up from Kibo Huts was tedious with the switchbacks and extremely gruelling mentally and physically. Every step I took required a deep breath to pull air into my lungs. Doug was totally miserable with severe headaches, nausea and a

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We left Mawenzi Tarn to cross the Saddle to reach Kibo Huts. This was mostly an easy walk because the Saddle was basically flat. The terrain was extraterrestrial, lunar, Martian...just out of this world. We got to Kibo Huts around lunch. The place was a zoo. Loads and loads of people were scattered everywhere. Although there were huts at Kibo, we continued to stay in our tents.This day was

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We would walk towards Mawenzi Tarn today. It was supposed to be a short walk today for about 3-4 hours plus a one-hour acclimatization walk after getting into camp. Doug wore the heart rate monitor today to make sure that his heart rate wouldn't go too high to give him the pounding headache.The terrain to the third camp was just like pictures we've seen from Mars. The walk wasn't too hard but

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The headache that Doug had yesterday seemed to be gone in the morning. We started at 6 with some tea and warm wash water. Today we'd walk for about 6/7 hours with a lunch break half way at the Second Cave.Doug's headache came back soon after we started walking. He was completely miserable during lunch and we decided that it was time to take a Diamox (125mg). Because Doug was feeling so lousy

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We'd been travelling for 3 days but this was actually our first day of trek. I was so excited that I could barely sleep a wink the night before at Kibo Hotel. We prepared our day packs and left a bunch of stuff that we wouldn't need at Kibo. But still the backpacks were heavy.On our way out to the vehicles that would drive us up to the trailhead, Doug was distracted by a young man showing off

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We got our first look at this amazing place in the light. Moivaro Lodge was a lovely place - we stayed in one of the cottages surrounded by all kinds of exotic tropical plants and flowers. After breakfast, we took a walk on the grounds and saw so many great looking plants. The air was just infused with an incredible fragrance.A car came to pick us up to head out to Kibo Hotel in the afternoon

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This is the first day we embarked on our journey. The flight from Toronto to Kilimanjaro Airport in Arusha by way of Washington and Amsterdam took us 24 hours flying and hanging out at various airports. The longest layover was at Schiphol in Amsterdam which wasn't all that bad considering the amenities available to us - lots of food choices and shopping galore to kill a few hours.It was quite

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Sept 14-15 = Travelling from Toronto (UA7847)-> Washington (UA946)-> Amsterdam (KL0571)-> KilimanjaroSept 15 = Arrive in Arusha (1,400M)Sept 16 = Hang out in Arusha and stay over night in MaranguSept 17 = Trek Day #1 (Rongai Route) = From Nale Moru Village (1,950M) to Moorland Camp (2,600M); Ascent 650M; Walking time 3-4hSept 18 = Trek Day #2 = From Moorland Camp (2,600M) to Kikelewa Caves Camp (

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It's the Labour Day long weekend. On Saturday, we started near the Pretty River Valley Provincial Park at 2nd Line and 6th Sideroad. We successfully scaled the highest point on the Bruce Trail - 540M. Of course, we're only going 10 times that height on Kili. But this is roughly the same height as the CN Tower. From the John Haigh Side Trail (2.6K) we went straight up to the highest point on

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On Saturday Aug 25, we'll go back to Forks of the Credit Provincial Park. We did this hike just before going up the CN Tower and found it a good practice. The hike straight up the Devils Pulpit (which is near the golf course) was certainly interesting, and this is where we'll start off. We'll walk on the main trail for about 4K before turning to the McLaren Road Side Trail (3.2K). Then we

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Saturday morning, we'll go back to another favourite route - Rattlesnake Point. We'll park at the Conservation Area lot and start off on the Rattlesnake Point Access Trail for 2.3K. Then we'll turn to the main trail for about 1K and take the Leech Porter Side Trail (830M). After about 200M on the mail trail, we'll go into the Crawford Lake Side Trail (1.8K). At the end of the Crawford Lake

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This Sunday, we'll go on a long and intensive hike. In part it's our favourite route at Hockley Valley. But we're not doing the same trail this time. We'll start at the usual spot near Hockley Valley Resort. We'll head north on the main trail and stay on the main trail for about 8K. Then we'll switch to Hockley Heights Side Trail for about 7K (much of the side trail is on road). At the

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We went to a travel clinic today to get the shots and medicines for the trip. The clinic is run by Dr. Mark Wise; although he hasn't been to Kilimanjaro, he's been to Africa many times. Both of us got shots for Hepatitis A and B (which we need to go back in a month's time for our second shot), yellow fever and tetanus-diphtheria. He also gave us prescriptions for Diamox (Dr. Wise suggests us

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Next Sunday, we'll go back to one of the early trails that we did in the winter - Scotsdale Farm in Halton Hills near Georgetown. We'll start off on the Bennett Heritage Trail (3.9K) and turn to the main trail for about 2K towards back to the parking with a detour to the Great Esker Side Trail going through the rocks (4.2K). The last stretch on the main trail will be about 4K. In total, it'll

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Next Sunday July 22, we'll try a new route near Orangeville. We'll start at the Mono Cliffs Provincial Park. The route will start with the Carriage Trail (1.3K) then move onto the main trail for about (1.8K). We'll switch to the Lookout Side Trail, the McCarston's Lake Side Trail and the Cliff-Top Side Trail (about 6K). Finally we turn back to the main trail (2K) and the Carriage Trail again.

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Next Saturday July 14, we're planning for an epic hike - the longest we've ever done. We'll go back to Hilton Falls Conservation Area. This is a 22.7K hike covering 15.8K of Hilton Falls Side Trail and 6.9K on the main trail to go back to the parking lot. The Conservation Area is open at 830 and we plan to be right there at the gate when it opens. This means that we have to head out from our

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Next Saturday (July 7), we'll try to conquer Hockley Valley. We hope we're up for it. It'll be the same route as before for 14K. Like this past weekend, we're planning to leave our house around 7 to get started on the trail by 8.On Sunday July 8, we'll bike down once again from Sunnybrook at around 1030 (passing Pottery Road by 11). This map shows roughly our route with the obvious difference

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After three weeks of baking and no hiking or biking whatsoever, it's high time we got back into the training routine. We'll try to start out as early as possible. The plan is to leave our house at around 7AM - yes, you read it right. We'd be able to start on the trail by 8. On Saturday, we'll go back to Rattlesnake Point; and Monday, we'll head out to Milton again to Kelso.The weather

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We'll get on the bike on Canada Day Sunday...going along the Don Trail heading down from Sunnybrook Park at around 11AM (should get to Pottery Road around 1130/1145) and have lunch at the Distillery. Hope you'll bring your bikes out.Annie

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Thanks to all the sponsors who supported us on Ride for Heart today. Apparently there were 12,000 cyclists and inline skaters today raising more than $2.7 million for heart and stroke research (check out the Heart and Stroke Foundation's press release).We got up at 530 this morning to get down to Exhibition Place by 7. We were part of the 715 early bird start for 25K, which started off from the

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Next Saturday June 2, we'll go back to Terra Cotta. The Terra Cotta Conservation Area is on Winston Churchill Boulevard (Highway 19) just north of Highway 9 (for driving directions). We'll head out from our house around 1030AM. Please let me know if you can come out or not by Friday night by email. Right now, the weather forecast says it'll be 23C high but with 40% chance of precipitation.

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This coming Saturday May 26, we'll head back to Kelso for a 12K walk. We'll leave our house at around 1030AM. The trailhead for Kelso is inside Glen Eden, near Milton (Highway 401 and Highway 25). Please let me know whether you want to join us by email by Friday night.Cheers, Annie

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It's going to be an action packed long weekend. Sunday May 20, we'll bike down on the Don Trail from Sunnybrook Park to the Distillery. If we head out from Sunnybrook by 11AM (we should pass Pottery Road around 1130), we should be able to get down to the Distillery for an early lunch. This is a 30K round trip.If you're interested in joining us, send me an email to let me know by the night

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The May long weekend will bring multi-day hikes. On Saturday May 19, we'll check out Mount Nemo (check the link for direction). Since we can't make a loop out of it, we'll walk the same 5K back and forth within the conservation area. We'll head out from our house around 1030 so we'll arrive at Mount Nemo at around 1130.On the holiday Monday May 21, we'll go back to Hockley Valley. Yes, this

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Next Saturday, we'll go back to Rattlesnake Point in Milton. This is a short walk for just 12.5K but there's a fair bit of up and down so it should still be a good workout. Last time it only took us 3h - we might be able to beat that!We'll head out from our house around 10AM. If you're interested in joining us, please send me an email by Friday night.Hope to see you there...Annie

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Next Saturday, we'll revisit Speyside. The last time we went there in March, we couldn't finish the hike as planned because we were stuck in about 2 feet of snow. The likelihood of finding ourselves in the same situation in May is extremely low but then this is the north country! The weather forecast right now says it'll be 19C and mainly sunny. I sure hope so.We'll park near the Speyside

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1,776 steps later...we made it up to the top of Toronto. Doug took 26min 13sec and for some reason, I was 4sec behind. I distinctly remember him following me up to the finish line, though. Anyway...we're very happy that we made it all the way up.Thank you to all the sponsors!!! We raised a total of $663. Thank you! Thank you! We hope we didn't disappoint you.

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Next Saturday, we'll go up to Boyne Valley Provincial Park at Highway 89 and Prince of Wales Road (just at the north end of Highway 10).We'll start off on the Primrose Loop (4.4K) and turns to the main trail for about 2K. Then we continue on the Boyne Valley Side Trail for 2.7K and the main trail for 1.5K. We'll finish up back on the Primrose Loop for about 1.5K back to the parking lot in the

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Next Saturday, we'll get out to a section of the Bruce Trail straddling between Boston Mills and Cataract (Mississauga Road and Olde Base Line Road about 50 min from our house). We'll park at Creditview Road and The Grange Sideroad (near the Caledon Golf and Country Club) and start on the main trail going all the way into the Forks of the Credit Provincial Park for about 10.5K. Then we'll turn

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Today, the temperature never rose above -3. We headed up north instead of west this time. Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve is near Orangeville - Highway 400 west on Highway 9.Hockley Valley Provincial Nature ReserveWe parked at Hockley Road (Highway 7) and 2nd Line EHS (near the Hockley Valley Golf Club) and started on the main trail. We went on the Tom East Side Trail (2.5K), back on

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It rained today. We ended up doing a 2h walk around East Don Park instead of going all the way out to Hockley Valley. The hike at Hockley Valley will have to wait another day.

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Next Sunday, we'll head out to Credit Valley - Scotsdale Farm and Silver Creek Conservation Area. It's at Trafalgar Road and 27 Sideroad. Scotsdale FarmSilvercreek Conservation AreaWe'll start off on the Bennett Heritage Side Trail which goes for about 4K. Then we get on the main trail for about 2K and turn to the Great Esker Side Trail for about 4K. Going on the main trail again for another

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Next Sunday, we're heading out to Kelso. We'll start off from the Kelso Conservation Area following the main Bruce Trail for about 7K, then continue on Steeles Avenue for about 1.5K to return to the Steeles Avenue Side Trail for almost 1K. We turn back to the main trail for 1K, the Glen Eden Side Trail for about 600M and finally the main trail for the final 1K. Altogether it's about 12K.Kelso

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Next Sunday, we're planning to go to Boston Mills for our hike on the Bruce Trail. It's near Highway 10 north of Georgetown. We'll do the loop with the Terra Cotta Side Trail and the Main Trail for about 12K. Terra Cotta Conservation AreaWe're aiming for a 930 start from our place. If there's any change, I'll let you know. Now, I just need to find a Starbucks nearby to go for apres-hike.

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Next Sunday, we'll head out to Speyside (on Highway 25 just north of the 401 - for those who golf it's just north of the Granite Ridge and Greystone Golf Clubs). We'll start near the Speyside Nature Reserve on the main trail going north for about 4K. Then we'll turn to the Vanderleck Side Trail (5K) and part of the Hilton Falls Side Trail (2K). We'll join back to the main trail for about 4K to

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We'll head back to Kelso again this weekend, but instead of going north of the 401, we'll go south.We'll start on the Rattlesnake Point Access Trail (2.3K), join on the main trail of the Bruce for about 1K, take the Leech Porter Side Trail (830M) and the Crawford Lake Side Trail (1.8K), come back on the main trail again for about 4K, and return onto the Rattlenake Point Access Trail (2.3K) back

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Hilton Falls is inside the Halton Conservation Area about an hour west of Toronto. The website gives you details on how to get there. It's $5 per person admission. We have more information from the Trail Guide at home. I'll tell you more later.Hilton Falls Conservation AreaWe should try to head out early because the trail is about 15K. Which will take at least 4/4.5h. Maybe 5. We're

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We went to the Hilton Falls Conservation Area. Admission was $5 per person. We saw lots of cross-country skiiers and a few hikers. We walked for about 2 hours and 10 minutes but we're not sure how far we got since we mixed the Bruce Trail with the trails inside the conservation area.

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We went back to the Bennett Heritage Trail in Georgetown...this time with the most recent map. We completed 10K in 2 hours and 50 minutes.

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No Bruce Trail again this week. But we walked on the East Don Trail again both Saturday and Sunday for about an hour and a half each time.

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No Bruce Trail this week. We walked near our house on the East Don Trail for 8K in an hour and 45 minutes.

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We walked on the Georgetown portion of the Bruce Trail using a map from the 1992 version of the Bruce Trail Guide. Not surprisingly, we got lost. Our first outing took us about 2.5 hours for a loop on the Bennett Heritage Trail.

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