Checki Maneno - The Day I Almost Quit

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Having been on a Sabbatical from cycling, Today was the day that we faced the monster Kilimambogo.

The day started early, with one goal in mind, to make it to the top of that hill/mountain finally with a bike and enjoy the ride back down.

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So the journey begun and we could hear Kilimambogo saying, thau shall not pass! and we responded try your best mountain, try your best :)!

Kilimambogo is very funny, it cheats you from early on with very polite climbs and a long winding road. Only for you to get shocked midway up the 10 kms to the summit at over 2250 Meters above sea level.

It took us a proper 3 hours to get to the top and at some point it was a reality that giving up was an option and was riding with tears right at the tip of my eyes Wah!

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This view was a real motivator that we were getting somewhere, even as the inclination got higher and higher.

The next stop was at Sir Macmillan’s gravesite. Apparently the vehicles that were carrying his body to the summit for burial broke down here and they decided, “Hey, this is also a great burial spot for him as well” and thus they buried him at this here spot.

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The placard of his wife…(I guess, sijafanya research poa hapa)

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Sir Macmillan’s grave just behind the bikes.

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Just yonder at the main road is where the vehicles carrying his remains broke down. We got past this point meaning that we were now putting out more CCs than those vehicles hehehe

Anyway, we got back to our journey to the summit, it was a treacherous ride my friends and the climbs and rocks got bigger and bigger lakini kuna warembo walikuwa wanapanda pia, lazima tungeshine mbele yao so tukangangana hadi tukafika summit, 10kms later without any single flat section or downhill section.

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We finally conquered Kilimambogo! You can all guess how it went from here we raised dust and stones on our way down. That was the reward of all that torture we went through getting to the summit.

PS. There is a CIA bunker at Kilimambogo, niliona lakini siweki mbisha. You either believe me or not

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Wacha woga weka photo ya hiyo “CIA bunker”

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Siweki!

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Walking to the summit should take roughly how many hours?

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if you are fit 2-2.5 hrs if you walk non-stop

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I would like to come with on an adventure like this one some day

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Cool. That’s a great challenge for yours truly!

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Come, you are most welcome :slight_smile:

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Try it out. I guarantee it will punish, but if you make it up there, there will be no feeling like it!

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Meria likes this, long for the day we all ride together, ktalk cheki maneno, guess with the pics we shall post more guys will turn to cycling.
This epic ride coming up in coast
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Please be here guys

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Google vipingo Ridge uone

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Kuna mtu hajakuwa akifanya teazi anakatikiwa

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Have become so accustomed to road have forgotten my roots that began with an MTB

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MTB off road is fun.
@The.Black.Templar if ktalk cheki maneno meet can we ferk this mountain, your ride was awesome

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There was a time we went round Kilimambogo, from 14 falls to Kangundo rd, goodness Ukambani sio kuzuri. My bike was literally sinking in sand!!! Na tunapitia mavichochoro there weren’t defined roads. It was scortching hot and nowhere to buy water, niliteseka sana. Can you imagine how much energy you are using just to overcome sinking in the sand

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Hehehe, that’s why bike iko na gear, select wisely the one to use on any terrain, kwa hio mlima siwezi shuka while ngoing upe

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hahaha wewe enda upande mlima alafu ukuje kuongea hivo

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kwani vipingo ridge is a hotel?

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we will definitely do that, tunafaa tupange btw

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A story is told of a rider who upon lacking all the things he needed and he had money with him (Hutakula pesa anyway), alinunulia mama flani nyanya zake zote akaenda akizikula

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