We started thinking about this trip back in late 2016. First of all was to get a team of us together that would be keen for a month of climbing and exploring in a remote mountain region, no showers, poor food and an adventure. Should be easy with the group of friends we have. The keen people that where up for such a trip turned out to by, Sally our leader and the one that planted the seed in our minds. Safe to say she is keeping us in line with jobs to do and the driving force behind the trip. Next was Connor who had been on a numbers of trips like this before to the Atlas Mountains. Then there was James and Will, both looking to explore new places and have a wild time on the way. Myself (Mark) as it seemed like a nice place to go on holiday with some fun going on too. This meant that there was five of us and an odd number is not ideal for climbing teams. So the hunt for one more was on for our sixth and final team member. This lead us to Simon, always keen to get stuck in to any adventure. So this led us onto the planning, here we had previous expedition reports to help us. Looking over the reports we found the Djenghi-Djer Range had a good number of potential objectives with unclimbed 4000m peaks. And for now we have the fun job of sorting the in-country logistics, applying for funding, sorting what gear we will need and making it happen. We will keep the blog updated with all that’s going on.
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