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BSES EXPEDITIONS | ANNUAL REPORT 2004 Gravity meter reading in the Rift Valley with Leica total station for accurate positioning Oldoinyo Lengai from Lake Natron Oldoinyo Lengai from Kerimasi base camp TANZANIA EXPEDITION MEMBERS The time for separation into Highland Trekkers (those choosing to remain for the full five weeks) and Rift Valley Wanderers was suddenly upon us. A few walking wounded were driven round to the Ngorongoro park gate, and in the dark the following morning the Highland Trekkers set off up the side of the Rift Escarpment. Daylight saw just nine of us tidying up the camp that had previously held forty-five plus the local Tanzanians. We were joined for one minute by leader Sue Block who ran back in to camp for her towel left drying on a tent guy line. She ran back over the hill to mighty cheering from her audience. By mid-day the trekkers had reached Empakai village and made VHF radio contact with the Rift Valley Wanderers sitting in a dusty truck thirty kilometres away. The trekking group spent that night on the floor of the school in Empakai, while the Tanzanian staff and vehicles were delayed at the Park Gate seventy kilometres away by the newly appointed Park Warden. He did not want to recognise the letter of authority written by his predecessor allowing our party to enter at reduced rates. The Rift Valley wanderers climbed Kitumbeinei on their way back to Longido and their flight home from Nairobi on14th August. The Crater Highland Trekkers enjoyed a climb up Loolmalasin on their way to the Ngorongoro Crater. They hired vehicles for a day spent game-watching on the floor of the crater and arrived at Olduvai hot, dusty, tired and in good spirits. Sadly every expedition has to end and the bus ride back to Longido was long and tiring. Even there the dust remained firmly stuck to sweaty bodies for 24 hours, a hold-up caused by the local staff having driven one of the vehicles carrying the showers off the road on the way back. This last phase of the expedition ended with the flight back to London from Nairobi on 20th August. CONCLUSION The expedition was two years in the planning, and over in such a short time. Much of the planning was done by GMTZ in cooperation with the Chief Leader. The Tanzanian National Park entrance fees are prohibitively high, which led to our itinerary avoiding them for most of the expedition. The direct flights to Kilimanjaro Airport in Northern Tanzania are also expensive, hence our choice of flying to Nairobi in Kenya with Kenyan Airways. The expedition achieved its physical and scientific objectives, with all of the Young Explorers and leaders returning safe and in good heart. 14 Leaders Colin Nicol Chief Leader Dan Hamer Deputy Chief Leader Ewan Laws Geology Fire leader Sue Block Geology Fire leader Owen Mountford Ecology Fire leader Maggie Wilkinson Ecology Fire leader Hugh Anderson Survey Fire leader Mark Evans Survey Fire leader Sue Torry Medical Officer Young Explorers Edward Artley Derby Grammar School Jessie Barstow Marlborough College Will Bermingham Sir William Borlaise Grammar William Bradley Exeter School Holly Brooker Tormead School Helen Buckley Olchfa School Clare Butcher Olchfa School David Clough The Ecclesbourne School Lindsay Connolly Dunoon Grammar School William Coombs Tapton School Bryony Cottam Droitwich Spa High School Megan De Silva Ysgol Friars Iain Devon Winchester College Gilbert Harrap Harrow School Alex Hehir Olchfa School Rachel Kerr Milburn Academy Morna McLean Dunblane High School Laura McNally Loreto Grammar School Toby Oxenham Worcester Sixth Form College Sarah Palmer St. Catherine's School Vanechka Patel Wolverhampton Grammar School Angharad Pereira-Rego Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Adam Pill Exeter School Hannah Platts St. Aidans and St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form James Reaney Winchester College Tom Renninson Exeter School Ben Robson Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Army Cadet Force Daniel Saker Christ the King Sixth Form College Ed Schwarz St. Michael's School Ben Skinner Cardinal Newman Sixth Form College William Smith The Chase Technology School Tessa Weale Victoria College Naomi Whittaker Charterhouse John Willcocks Exeter School Camilla Windham Exeter School Dominic Wordsworth Christ the King Sixth Form College
Survey Fire on the rim of a sunken crater, looking North towards Lake Natron Ancient Man in the Olduvai Gorge TANZANIA | 2004 15
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BSES EXPEDITIONS | ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2004</strong><br />
Gravity meter reading in the Rift Valley with<br />
Leica total station for accurate positioning<br />
Oldoinyo Lengai from Lake Natron<br />
Oldoinyo Lengai from Kerimasi base camp<br />
TANZANIA<br />
EXPEDITION MEMBERS<br />
The time for separation into Highland Trekkers (those choosing to remain for the<br />
full five weeks) and Rift Valley Wanderers was suddenly upon us. A few walking<br />
wounded were driven round to the Ngorongoro park gate, and in the dark the<br />
following morning the Highland Trekkers set off up the side of the Rift<br />
Escarpment. Daylight saw just nine of us tidying up the camp that had previously<br />
held forty-five plus the local Tanzanians. We were joined for one minute by<br />
leader Sue Block who ran back in to camp for her towel left drying on a tent guy<br />
line. She ran back over the hill to mighty cheering from her audience. By mid-day<br />
the trekkers had reached Empakai village and made VHF radio <strong>co</strong>ntact with the<br />
Rift Valley Wanderers sitting in a dusty truck thirty kilometres away. The trekking<br />
group spent that night on the floor of the school in Empakai, while the Tanzanian<br />
staff and vehicles were delayed at the Park Gate seventy kilometres away by the<br />
newly appointed Park Warden. He did not want to re<strong>co</strong>gnise the letter of<br />
authority written by his predecessor allowing our party to enter at reduced rates.<br />
The Rift Valley wanderers climbed Kitumbeinei on their way back to Longido and<br />
their flight home from Nairobi on14th August. The Crater Highland Trekkers<br />
enjoyed a climb up Loolmalasin on their way to the Ngorongoro Crater. They<br />
hired vehicles for a day spent game-watching on the floor of the crater and<br />
arrived at Olduvai hot, dusty, tired and in good spirits. Sadly every expedition has<br />
to end and the bus ride back to Longido was long and tiring. Even there the dust<br />
remained firmly stuck to sweaty bodies for 24 hours, a hold-up caused by the<br />
local staff having driven one of the vehicles carrying the showers off the road on<br />
the way back. This last phase of the expedition ended with the flight back to<br />
London from Nairobi on 20th August.<br />
CONCLUSION<br />
The expedition was two years in the planning, and over in such a short time.<br />
Much of the planning was done by GMTZ in <strong>co</strong>operation with the Chief Leader.<br />
The Tanzanian National Park entrance fees are prohibitively high, which led to our<br />
itinerary avoiding them for most of the expedition. The direct flights to<br />
Kilimanjaro Airport in Northern Tanzania are also expensive, hence our choice of<br />
flying to Nairobi in Kenya with Kenyan Airways.<br />
The expedition achieved its physical and scientific objectives, with all of the<br />
Young Explorers and leaders returning safe and in good heart.<br />
14<br />
Leaders<br />
Colin Ni<strong>co</strong>l Chief Leader<br />
Dan Hamer Deputy Chief Leader<br />
Ewan Laws Geology Fire leader<br />
Sue Block Geology Fire leader<br />
Owen Mountford E<strong>co</strong>logy Fire leader<br />
Maggie Wilkinson E<strong>co</strong>logy Fire leader<br />
Hugh Anderson Survey Fire leader<br />
Mark Evans Survey Fire leader<br />
Sue Torry Medical Officer<br />
Young Explorers<br />
Edward Artley Derby Grammar School<br />
Jessie Barstow Marlborough College<br />
Will Bermingham Sir William Borlaise Grammar<br />
William Bradley Exeter School<br />
Holly Brooker Tormead School<br />
Helen Buckley Olchfa School<br />
Clare Butcher Olchfa School<br />
David Clough The Ecclesbourne School<br />
Lindsay Connolly Dunoon Grammar School<br />
William Coombs Tapton School<br />
Bryony Cottam Droitwich Spa High School<br />
Megan De Silva Ysgol Friars<br />
Iain Devon Winchester College<br />
Gilbert Harrap Harrow School<br />
Alex Hehir Olchfa School<br />
Rachel Kerr Milburn Academy<br />
Morna McLean Dunblane High School<br />
Laura McNally Loreto Grammar School<br />
Toby Oxenham Worcester Sixth Form College<br />
Sarah Palmer St. Catherine's School<br />
Vanechka Patel Wolverhampton Grammar School<br />
Angharad Pereira-Rego Sir William Borlase's Grammar School<br />
Adam Pill Exeter School<br />
Hannah Platts St. Aidans and St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form<br />
James Reaney Winchester College<br />
Tom Renninson Exeter School<br />
Ben Robson Leicestershire and Northamptonshire<br />
Army Cadet Force<br />
Daniel Saker Christ the King Sixth Form College<br />
Ed Schwarz St. Michael's School<br />
Ben Skinner Cardinal Newman Sixth Form College<br />
William Smith The Chase Technology School<br />
Tessa Weale Victoria College<br />
Naomi Whittaker Charterhouse<br />
John Will<strong>co</strong>cks Exeter School<br />
Camilla Windham Exeter School<br />
Dominic Wordsworth Christ the King Sixth Form College
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