Oh what fun we had..... thanks to one & all for making the week the most fantastic experience imaginable.
Ceri - Our Welsh dragon.... well, actually not a dragon at all. A great laugh, determined to dress all the porters in red!!
Trevor - Showing us an unusual way to look after his sunglasses?
Cudgie, our water buffalo, unfortunately his knees gave out, down, but not defeated he'll be coming back next February to do it all again!! Mad bugger.
Katy, Hannah, Kerry, Ceri & Marie.... the best girl group since the spice girls...and these girls could sing!!
Imagine the question.... so what did you do this half term? This father & son team the best since the Rednaps, Harry & Jamie.
Andrew & Richard... brothers, with a combined IQ of close to 5895.
Whether it was rock formations or constilations they were there to answer.
Zoltan.... could he ever get any more relaxed?
A quite man who shed blood, sweat and tears on this mountain...especially blood!!
Alan was determined to ensure that Loman was put to good use. Unlike me, when Alan chose to be the only other hiker to fall over.... but unfortunately he got more than a dirty mark on his trousers!! (Check the hand)
Tim - One half of the blind summit team, Tim is battling with a progressive loss of sight, but encouraged all the way by son Jacob he made it to the top, despite feeling ill for much of the week. Fantastic effort, and a remarkable family.
Tim's son, Jacob. BMX downhill racer, and photographer. Made the whole week look like a walk in the park....
I'm sure he could have done it twice in the time it took us to hobble up!!
Finally, our group leaders.... Dominic from Action Challenge... just possibly the best view on the mountain, apart from the mountain itelf.
Nelson, and Valarian, our head guides. Welsh nationals, and Manchester United fans... ??
To every single person who pushed, pulled, encouraged, or just plain instisted that I climb that mountain in the moments when I didn't believe I could, and for the laughs, the games the songs, the total stupiditiy of it all I owe my thanks for such an amazing week in paradise.
Nice one Graham! You forgot to mention how important you were to the morale of the team too - what a laugh we had! Don't forget to mention how you're 'acclimatising' helped everyone up that mountain - if only to get away from the dastardly smell and out of the way of any possible cork ammunition fired out at force!!!
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