How did I get here

Around 4 weeks ago while having a few drinks and dinner with my neighbors, Rob informed me that he was having a mid life crisis and that he has signed up for trekking up Kilimanjaro for the charity Scope. I had to be honest and say I knew very little about the work Scope did, or for that matter too much about Kilimanjaro, other than a brief recollection about DJ;s and pop stars running up there last year. At the time my partner Kate seemed to be encouraging me to go, but having said that I had drunk rather a lot of wine by this time.




The following Monday I was on to the web site reading up about Scope, and the work they do and also about the trekking expedition. I then did an enquiry within work to see if they would help with the sponsorship, the minimum amount was around £3,500 which seemed a reasonable piece of money raising.



I then declared my enthusiasm to go at home, without really any consideration for the time I would be away from home, and what sort of commitment this would be.



So here we are in February, I have registered, my information pack has arrived, now I have to declare my commitment, stop being superficial about all of this, and get on with the serious business of understanding the undertaking, getting physically prepared, getting mentally prepared, setting a sponsorship target that is worthy of what I can achieve and stretches and finally decide to go or not go.