Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.......
So love the people who treat you right,forget about the ones who don't........
Believe that everything happens for a reason......
If you get a chance take it.........
If it changes your life,then let it...
Nobody said it would be easy...
They just promised it would be WORTH IT........
Monday, 29 October 2007
Sunday, 28 October 2007
Ready for take-off
The adrenaline is pumping, the heartbeat is going faster and faster as I prepare myself for my third paraglide. Although it's not the first time I am preparing myself for a jump, the feeling is always the same.
Once I am kitted out and securely tied to my instructor, we run towards the edge of the cliff. As I run towards the edge I start shouting "Geronimo" much to the amusement of the instructor......but I don't care it feels good!
Smiling Ladies
Photo courtesy of Gino Galea
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Saturday, 21st October - Royal Malta Yacht Club Manoel Island
I love this photo which was taken during the start of the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race. All of us - Sue, Adele and myself were very relaxed and it shows. Well done Gino!
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Saturday, 21st October - Royal Malta Yacht Club Manoel Island
I love this photo which was taken during the start of the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race. All of us - Sue, Adele and myself were very relaxed and it shows. Well done Gino!
Memorable Quotes
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
I don't know the name of the author of this quote, but I felt compelled to include it in my blog as I think it is so true.
We (myself included) do so tend to forget to turn on the light at times, but we must always remember that we make our own happiness - sitting around for the light to switch on its own does not happen unfortunately.
Turning on that light can be quite an effort at times but in the end its generally well worth it!
I don't know the name of the author of this quote, but I felt compelled to include it in my blog as I think it is so true.
We (myself included) do so tend to forget to turn on the light at times, but we must always remember that we make our own happiness - sitting around for the light to switch on its own does not happen unfortunately.
Turning on that light can be quite an effort at times but in the end its generally well worth it!
Sunday, 21 October 2007
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Scenes from the Bedouin tent....Episode 2
All photos courtesy of Domenic Aquilina
Ivan needs no introduction so I ain't givin any! Was great you guys could make it!
Bodyguards......hmmmmmmmm
Corinne and Ondre......friends from Kilimanjaro Challenge 3 and now neighbours!
Vodafone meets Kilimanjaro Challenge :)
Ivan needs no introduction so I ain't givin any! Was great you guys could make it!
Bodyguards......hmmmmmmmm
Corinne and Ondre......friends from Kilimanjaro Challenge 3 and now neighbours!
Vodafone meets Kilimanjaro Challenge :)
Scenes from the Bedouin tent
All photos courtesy of Domenic Aquilina
Mum and I......Mum partying out late and thoroughly enjoying herself....now that's where I get it from :)
Rosie, Helga & Charmaine......very important friends:)
Vodafone meets Go Mobile......Life is Now!!!
I think this tent was much more comfortable than the ones we had on Kili guys! (L to R - Steffi, Sweety (sprawled across), Adele, JP, myself and Alec)
A bear hug from Hilary :)
Friends from Vodafone (L to R - Tania, Chris, Malcolm, Kurt, Lorraine (Kurt's better half :) ) and myself
NECC meets Euro Changeover project leader... (L to R - Daniela (NECC), Michael (Euro Project Leader) and me!
More friends from Vodafone - well not all - extreme Left - Yolande, extreme right Antoine, guy next to me Anton - no connection with Vodafone.....except for his SIM :)
Adele and I......my buddy on Kili.....but didn't stop there!
Mum and I......Mum partying out late and thoroughly enjoying herself....now that's where I get it from :)
Rosie, Helga & Charmaine......very important friends:)
Vodafone meets Go Mobile......Life is Now!!!
I think this tent was much more comfortable than the ones we had on Kili guys! (L to R - Steffi, Sweety (sprawled across), Adele, JP, myself and Alec)
A bear hug from Hilary :)
Friends from Vodafone (L to R - Tania, Chris, Malcolm, Kurt, Lorraine (Kurt's better half :) ) and myself
NECC meets Euro Changeover project leader... (L to R - Daniela (NECC), Michael (Euro Project Leader) and me!
More friends from Vodafone - well not all - extreme Left - Yolande, extreme right Antoine, guy next to me Anton - no connection with Vodafone.....except for his SIM :)
Adele and I......my buddy on Kili.....but didn't stop there!
Welcome to the Bedouin Tent
Wednesday 10th October........ My 35th birthday and I wanted to celebrate in style :) so with the help of Anton Borg Olivier, Nat Spiteri and Claude Muscat Doublesin a bedouin tent in Tigullio was created.......
Photo courtesy of Domenic Aquilina
Photo courtesy of Domenic Aquilina
Monday, 8 October 2007
Memorable Quotes
"A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home"
Author unknown
Author unknown
Memorable Quotes
“Love is something you work at. It doesn't come easily. There are going to be bad days. You are going to have to work at loving someone when they are being an idiot."
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Saturday, 6 October 2007
Let's set the record straight
A year ago today a group of intrepid Maltese trekkers, forming part of the Kilimanjaro Challenge 3 left Malta for Sicily to climb Mount Etna (the world's most active volcano, standing at about 10,910 ft (3,326m)) as part of their intense training programme designed to prepared them for the gruelling climb on Mount Kilimanjaro - the roof of Africa in December 2006.
The team started their training on Saturday 7th October, trekking up Etna from the Nicolosi side, ending up at the restaurant found at the last cable car stop. The plan for the next day was to resume the climb from there up till the summit.
Sunday 8th October .......the adventure began around 9am when the team set off towards the summit. The weather was cloudy, the permeating smell of sulphur hit combined with an unaccustomed altitude had an effect on the some of the team members, but a good slow steady pace saw the team reach the first rifugio in good time for a healthy lunch of nutritious snacks and warm drinks.
An hour or so later the team set off on the last leg of the upward journey, that of reaching the summit of Mount Etna. The weather by then was slowly deteriorating with low cloud and fog increasing slowly. Although initially visibility was acceptable about two hours later and a few metres below the summit the team decided to head down due to the increasingly deteriorating weather conditions.
Within minutes of starting our descent we were engulfed in a thick fog, making it impossible to see a few metres ahead of us. But then that is nature, it is unpredictable and a force not to be underestimated. We slowly started descending to lower altitudes and only decided to ask for help because it was the sensible thing to do. It was not a case of panic, despair or danger as many people thought or assumed.
Unfortunately people think that Mount Etna is a small area - possibly this perception is due to the amount of day tourists that go to Mount Etna by coach from Catania, see the summit from a couple of thousand metres below and therefore do not realise that with an area of 1,190 km²(460 square miles) its is actually larger than Malta.
The events that followed were eventually blown out of proportion by the media with stories describing 'real' facts such as us burning our clothes and passports to be warm etc etc. As if we would have done that - our clothes first of all were clothes that we bought for Kilimanjaro - apart from being expensive, they were doing their job that of keeping us warm. We were well equipped to sleep on the mountain if the necessity arose!
By 11pm the adventure came to an end with members of the Corpo Guardia Forestale Gran Parco dell' Etna guiding us down to the entrance of the park. We had been walking for over twelve hours, which made us look an even sorrier lot than we actually were!
Our mobile phones did not stop ringing, since our families got to hear the "Breaking News" around 8pm. The next day wasn't different either, with members of the press contacting us for a comment and wanting to know the whole story - whether some of them wanted to know the truth is a different story!
Landing back in Malta later on in the evening, we were greeted at the airport by members of the press, TV, Radio, print media all jostling to get a comment out of us. Some called it a publicity stunt, some called us crazy, some just laughed.
But did this adventure put us off our Challenge? No, we were even more determined to succeed. Was this adventure a publicity stunt? No, definitely not! Did this adventure help our cause? possibly, many people hadn't heard of the Kilimanjaro Challenge 3 before this event, did this adventure give us an ego boost? Not at all! - one year down the line I still get teased about it, but its fine, I can take a joke!
Copyright on photos on this post belongs to Ian Cremona.
Thanks Ian, it was great trekking with you in Sicily and Tanzania!!!
The team started their training on Saturday 7th October, trekking up Etna from the Nicolosi side, ending up at the restaurant found at the last cable car stop. The plan for the next day was to resume the climb from there up till the summit.
Sunday 8th October .......the adventure began around 9am when the team set off towards the summit. The weather was cloudy, the permeating smell of sulphur hit combined with an unaccustomed altitude had an effect on the some of the team members, but a good slow steady pace saw the team reach the first rifugio in good time for a healthy lunch of nutritious snacks and warm drinks.
An hour or so later the team set off on the last leg of the upward journey, that of reaching the summit of Mount Etna. The weather by then was slowly deteriorating with low cloud and fog increasing slowly. Although initially visibility was acceptable about two hours later and a few metres below the summit the team decided to head down due to the increasingly deteriorating weather conditions.
Within minutes of starting our descent we were engulfed in a thick fog, making it impossible to see a few metres ahead of us. But then that is nature, it is unpredictable and a force not to be underestimated. We slowly started descending to lower altitudes and only decided to ask for help because it was the sensible thing to do. It was not a case of panic, despair or danger as many people thought or assumed.
Unfortunately people think that Mount Etna is a small area - possibly this perception is due to the amount of day tourists that go to Mount Etna by coach from Catania, see the summit from a couple of thousand metres below and therefore do not realise that with an area of 1,190 km²(460 square miles) its is actually larger than Malta.
The events that followed were eventually blown out of proportion by the media with stories describing 'real' facts such as us burning our clothes and passports to be warm etc etc. As if we would have done that - our clothes first of all were clothes that we bought for Kilimanjaro - apart from being expensive, they were doing their job that of keeping us warm. We were well equipped to sleep on the mountain if the necessity arose!
By 11pm the adventure came to an end with members of the Corpo Guardia Forestale Gran Parco dell' Etna guiding us down to the entrance of the park. We had been walking for over twelve hours, which made us look an even sorrier lot than we actually were!
Our mobile phones did not stop ringing, since our families got to hear the "Breaking News" around 8pm. The next day wasn't different either, with members of the press contacting us for a comment and wanting to know the whole story - whether some of them wanted to know the truth is a different story!
Landing back in Malta later on in the evening, we were greeted at the airport by members of the press, TV, Radio, print media all jostling to get a comment out of us. Some called it a publicity stunt, some called us crazy, some just laughed.
But did this adventure put us off our Challenge? No, we were even more determined to succeed. Was this adventure a publicity stunt? No, definitely not! Did this adventure help our cause? possibly, many people hadn't heard of the Kilimanjaro Challenge 3 before this event, did this adventure give us an ego boost? Not at all! - one year down the line I still get teased about it, but its fine, I can take a joke!
Copyright on photos on this post belongs to Ian Cremona.
Thanks Ian, it was great trekking with you in Sicily and Tanzania!!!
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