{"id":3120,"date":"2018-02-11T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk?p=3120"},"modified":"2018-02-11T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T15:24:44","slug":"kilimanjaro-training-session-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/news\/kilimanjaro-training-session-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro Training:  Session #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tI\u2019m going to be honest&#8230;I\u2019ve never climbed a mountain before!\u00a0 In fact I\u2019ve never done anything like this before, so to sign myself up and to be able to say that in June, I\u2019m going to be climbing Kilimanjaro is a bit daunting!<\/p>\n<p>The main reason I\u2019ve agreed to this mammoth challenge is to raise money to fund the amazing work that <a href=\"https:\/\/yfc.co.uk\/\">Youth For Christ<\/a>\u00a0do.\u00a0 Youth For Christ are good friends and clients of Edwards Insurance Brokers but I\u2019m doing this because the difference that their work makes to the lives of young people really is just so amazing to see.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason is that I\u2019m getting married to my lovely fianc\u00e9e in August and this is a great opportunity to get fitter and take on one last challenge before the big day.<\/p>\n<p>I started my training the other day and eased myself in gently with a 10.4KM walk up the Clent Hills.\u00a0 It\u2019s not far from home and made for a nice morning out in the fresh air (and rain)!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my very first Kili Vlog and also a few pics from my maiden trek, including the route I took, me looking a bit soggy in the rain and my gaggle of supporters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kt1RO74QW5o\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3127 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-3-2-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chris' first kili walk route\" width=\"517\" height=\"671\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-2-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Chris on his first Kilimanjaro walk\" width=\"514\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-2-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-2-1-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-2-1-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-1-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Chris and his supporters\" width=\"514\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-1-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-1-1-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chris-1-1-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m going to be honest&#8230;I\u2019ve never climbed a mountain before!\u00a0 In fact I\u2019ve never done anything like this before, so to sign myself up and to be able to say that in June, I\u2019m going to be climbing Kilimanjaro is a bit daunting! The main reason I\u2019ve agreed to this mammoth challenge is to raise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,398],"tags":[61,36,399,400,401,402],"acf":{"related_articles":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}