Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/on-top-of-aspen-mountain.gif?pictureId=952003http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/quad-biking-in-colorado.gif?pictureId=952020We'd been out on a long quad-biking trip, and on the way back came across a huge fallen tree. Our only option (apart from going all the way back) was to build up some smaller logs around the fallen tree, and then drive over the top...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/chilly-in-the-chilean-andes.gif?pictureId=952013We were in Santiago, Chile, for the CITES meeting in 2002. Fortunately for us, we managed to get up into the Andes for the weekend...it was fabulous - what an incredible mountain range...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/climbing-mt-kenya.b.gif?pictureId=952016We took 4 days to climb Mt Kenya, an undescribably beautiful journey, up through the different climatic zones, from tropical montane forest, through the moorlands and the giant lobelias (seen here), and on up to the moonscape where there is only rock and ice and shingle...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/climbing-mt-kenya.gif?pictureId=952017Climbing is not a pastime for the fashion-conscious...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/climbing-mt-kenya.a.gif?pictureId=952012The beauty of Mt Kenya is breath-taking...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-ian-on-mt-kenya.gif?pictureId=951995Ian and I stand in front of a beautiful mountain lake with the peaks (our destination) looming up behind us...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/camp-on-mt-kenya.gif?pictureId=952015Ian's and my tent at 14,000 ft. Tomorrow we go for the summit...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-ian-on-summit-pt-lena.gif?pictureId=951994We may look ridiculous but it's cold up there! Elated to be at the top...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/newly-arrived-in-uk.a.gif?pictureId=952005Ian and I moved back to UK for a few years...here I am in England, before we moved up to Scotland.http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/running-safari-marathon.gif?pictureId=952022The Safari Marathon, run through the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, is a must for any adventurous runner. This was the second time I had done it (2004), and now (end of 2007), I'm psyching myself up for a possible third round - maybe in 2008?http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/safari-marathon.gif?pictureId=952023Here with my Dad, after finishing my morning exercise!http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-dad.tsavo-2004.gif?pictureId=951999http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/champagne.gif?pictureId=952014Celebrating the wedding of Ian's brother, Matthew, to Angie, in Windsor.http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/scotland-2005.gif?pictureId=952024Ian and I spent three years living on the edge of the Highlands of Scotland...here at Loch Turret, five minutes' drive from our home.http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/ian-in-hawaii.gif?pictureId=952007Ian and I spent the holiday of a lifetime with special friends in Kauai, Hawaii's garden island (aka Paradise on Earth).http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/south-of-france.2004.gif?pictureId=952027On the spur of the moment, we drove to Barcelona for a few days to visit Lisa's brother, and on the way back, stopped to dip our feet in the hot springs in this French spa town.http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/snow3-copy.gif?pictureId=952025http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/snow8.gif?pictureId=952026http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/tanya%202006.gif?pictureId=952032http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/stirling12.gif?pictureId=952029I had to do some publicity shots for a design project I was working on in New York City - Ian thought the David Stirling Memorial in Scotland would provide a good backdrop. The memorial is set out on the open hills, windswept and wild, and so this location seemed to combine my interest in history with my love of Nature...here are a few of those shots...http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/stirling3.gif?pictureId=952031http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/flared-out.gif?pictureId=952019http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-pony.gif?pictureId=951993When we went walking in the hills in Scotland, we'd often pass by hardy little ponies, with long manes and shaggy coats, out there braving the wind and the rain. This one was obviously hoping I was carrying carrots instead of a tripod!http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/game-viewing.gif?pictureId=952010http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/elephants--tanya.gif?pictureId=952018http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/watching-elephants.gif?pictureId=952001http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-close-elephant.gif?pictureId=952000http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-elephant-herd.gif?pictureId=951998http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/with-elephant.gif?pictureId=951997http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/on%20the%20galana%20river.gif?pictureId=952004More publicity shots for my NYC design project...this photo was taken on the banks of the Galana River in Tsavo, which is in fact the same river as the one which flows by Kulafumbi - just further downstream. The river changes its name three times, from the Athi (where we are), to the Galana (when it is joined by the Tsavo River) and then the Sabaki as it leaves the Tsavo National Park and heads for Malindi, where it flows out into the Indian Ocean.http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/tanya%20profile.gif?pictureId=952034http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/tanya.gif?pictureId=952035