New boots and contacts

Aren't these the bee's knees in hiking boots?  They are Cosmic 4D GTX's from Salomon.  They're only £160/$240!  Okay, back in the real world, so I'm going to get up the mountain with my bargain January sale boots from Berghaus at a third the price...;o)

Meanwhile, I'll be writing to the company to see if they'll give me some for free if we can do a publicity deal.  What do you think, eh?

On another front, I saw an old web article mentioning a local diabetic high school teacher, from Cramlington (about 10 miles south of here), who did the exact same route up Kili last September, and for Diabetes UK too!  I must get in touch to pick his brains about both fundraising and the trek to the top.