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Tanganyika Paddle Route

Starting Point: Mpulungu, Zambia End Point: Bujumbura, Burundi Approximately 750kms over 25 days

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Nothing Ever Goes to Plan

When all seems so well thought out, and you’re hit with the unexpected before the journey has even begun… This is how we finally got to the starting point of our Tanganyika Paddle.

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RGS Explore class of 2018 Thanks @shanewinser @paulroseexplorer for guiding us through and to @tom_r_allen for the photo! Onward to next year! #Explore2018
A delegate pours over the maps laid out at the Royal Geographical Society’s Explore weekend during a route planning workshop. Weekends like this become a melting pot of budding geographers, adventurers, scientists and educators, all looking to learn from each other and from those who have gone before. One of the highlights in my annual calendar. #Explore2018
A decade ago today I found myself summiting the highest freestanding mountain in the world. Kilimanjaro was my first big hike and, like many, at 5,895m I struggled with altitude near the top. Every step was a struggle as my lungs burned under the strain of half my normal oxygen intake. I came off the summit with a healthy appreciation of our incredible Tanzanian guides who do got us up and down safely. A decade on, I realise how this climb fostered my love for the mountains and is it still one of my most memorable achievements. . . . #Kilimanjaro #Tanzania
Those English fields 😍 Perfect days out walking before this all turns 🍁🍂
Today I’m grateful for loving the right (and sometimes the wrong) people. It’s shaped my emotional self for the past five years; learning to love in various measures, and accept that some people just drop into your life for no good reason other than to teach you a valuable lesson. Still I’ve loved you all. Today I’m grateful for that. . . I think about this most on my solo travels and it’s times like these that I realise the true value of emotional investment. . . #CanadaCrossing #FindYourTribeLoveThemHard
Days like today remind me of this climb ⛰ a spectacularly beautiful forest hike rising up 500m (at least!) and finishing on a giant granite monolith. Low cloud hung in the air, so thick we were drenched by the time we reached the top. If only the clouds had cleared for a moment, I bet the views would have been incredible. . . We used the @AllTrails hiking app for this route. . #CanadaCrossing #Hiking #AllTrails #StawamusChief #Squamish ##HikingCanada
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