And so the next adventure begins. The months of life at low altitude since returning from the Kilimanjaro trip have passed. The weeks in amongst the garbage and the city lights (sic), the endless days in the hyperoxic air of near sea level have been creeping by, my mind and lungs yearning to be away up high, away from where there's too much, away to where the nearest bit of man's so-called progress is distant. Tomorrow, the trip begins. Heathrow by Friday evening, arrive Addis Ababa early Saturday morning. Fly to Gondar on Sunday and the first six days in the Simien Mountains, culminating in an ascent of Ras Dashen - the highest mountain in Ethiopia (4,550m / 14,928ft). Then back to Gondar for a blissful night in a wee hotel and then back to Addis
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