I think it was sometime after I went on the Annapurna Base Camp trip with Country Holidays. Since then, they have been sending me a newsletter and it has all these exotic trips. Another place that interest me was Mt Rinjani – also a volcano. You can say I was bitten really bad by the trekking bug. All accumulated from Pinnacles in Sabah, Mt Kinabalu, ABC, and Fanzipan.

Then in Apr 08, when I was seraching around for a holiday for the family, I chance upon Exodus travel. As usual I sign up for their email newsletter. I didn’t book a tour with them but went on a free n easy self drive to Jordan. From then onwards, they have been sending my news updates and promotions. Spam no because i asked for it.

As I clicked, the Kilimanjaro link seemed to stand out calling me to click on it. Reading on, it was just too much a temptation as I read how everyone slogged through the trek, fighting back altitude sickness to reach the summit. It is such a reality show setting that hooked me deep. Inside, I am probably feeling “I will be lucky” – I won’t be the 4 out of 10 that would succumb to AMS and have to come down without getting a photo shot next to that famous summit signboard.

Over the months, it started to consume me. First it was about getting all the gear ready. Then it was about training. Next was scouring the web, reading all the logs, looking at videos and then trying to place them in a logical way onto this blog.