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Comment on No picnic, but not indigestible by In cima al Kenya col Comandante (Un oggetto narrativo non-identificato) | Giap

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:58:04 +0000

[...] quasi un classico minore del Novecento. Ogni anno lo leggono tante persone, molte delle quali decidono poi di andare in Kenya. Il 27 gennaio 2011, alle sette del mattino, noi stessi abbiamo incrociato un tizio che scendeva [...]

Comment on No picnic, but not indigestible by John Kynaston

John Kynaston — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:41:53 +0000

Superb account and photos Pete. Thanks so much for taking the time to share on your blog.

It’s made me want to read the book as well!

Comment on No picnic, but not indigestible by Andy Cole

Andy Cole — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:56:02 +0000

Nice report Pete. Sounds an interesting mountain. Never thought of climbing it though I’ve been to Kenya in the past, but you make it sound tempting.

Comment on No picnic, but not indigestible by Silke

Silke — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:45:47 +0000

Great report and photos Peter! What a difficult but wise decision to take. But you now have a reason to go back! And so many fantastic memories by the sound of it. Silke

Comment on No picnic, but not indigestible by Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:24:56 +0000

Loved reading that report. Hope you don’t have to leave it too long before you go back! Caroline

Comment on No picnic, but not indigestible by Ian

Ian — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:46:32 +0000

Incredible story, Pete. Sounds like an amazing adventure.

Comment on Trangos on the Buachaille by Kahtoolas on my Trangos « Petestack Blog

Kahtoolas on my Trangos « Petestack Blog — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:38:19 +0000

[...] up Beinn na Caillich this afternoon in search of some snow to test my Kahtoola crampons with my Trangos and just about found what I was looking for (ie probably didn’t need the crampons at all [...]

Comment on October blog post by admin

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:51:18 +0000

Funny thing about the antibiotics is that I was already on antibiotics after being given a week’s course of doxycycline to test for side effects as a malaria prophylactic. But what’ll stop you contracting malaria is clearly no match for some of our Highland horrors!

Comment on October blog post by admin

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:32:30 +0000

Just a quick note to say I’ve been ‘paying’ for the weekend with a swollen (+ sore) lower left leg bitten twice by some unknown beastie to let some other unknown organism in through the bite holes, two sets of antibiotics to cover two possibilities and a line drawn on my calf yesterday to mark the extent of the infection for another inspection today!

All apparently quite unusual (doc maybe sees one or two cases like this per year) and now hopefully responding to the drugs (swelling dropping and more itchy than painful except when bumped), although it would apparently have required ‘more aggressive treatment’ if I’d left it much longer…

Comment on Curate’s egg or wee cracker? by admin

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:22:15 +0000

Discovered last Friday (while looking for an alternative to the plastic) that the tube of my old Generation Bb whistle was a near match for the bore of the wee Chieftain, so guess what happened next?

Yep, out came the hacksaw and I had a 23mm length of thin-walled brass tubing with a couple of wraps of PTFE tape to hold it in place! But 23mm wasn’t quite long enough (improving the top C# at the expense of the high A/B tuning when moved up and vice versa when moved down), so I cut another at 28mm which is currently still fitted along with some tape on both third and sixth holes. And (without having played it that much since) I think that’s an improvement, although it’s still very much a ‘niche’ whistle and seems prone to sharpness when warm with or without the bore insert and tuning slide out.