Now I don’t want to get too closely into the science of this - and there are scientists out there who will be glad to hear it - but it occurred to me that if our main problem is going to be the lack of oxygen, then maybe we should take some oxygen with us. Call me Stephen Hawking.
Look away potential sponsors, but, on closer research (see? just like a scientist) Kilimanjaro is too much of a soft persons’ mountain to warrant it. The cure for altitude sickness on our particular mountain is to come down again. A cure that could be applied for most things - lion attack? Take your leg out of the lion. Doctor, doctor, my leg hurts when I poke it - stop poking it.
Unlike your Everest or other such fancy mountains where the skills involved include knowing what crampons are and how to climb using only a pointy hammer, it’s easy to get back down our mountain. You turn around and walk back down.
But this is the era of Facebook. Indeed of blogging. It’s important that we get our photo at the summit and to do this I don’t think we should be denied access to science. So if anyone could invent a chewing gum that releases oxygen, cut of the winnings to you.
What we have learned:
Oxygen is a drug (see photo). I am fully prepared to do this on drugs. I’m on drugs right now. So are you.
Boot update:
Wendy informs me we are now nasty-boot twins. Photo to follow...
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