Photographic evidence that I really did go up. Yo. Check ‘em out via the Flickr link below.

I’ve got to say, the pics don’t do the place justice, you need to go yourself inshaAllah and experience it first hand.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/omartufail/

Got back home last night, legs aren’t as sore as I expected them to be, so alhamdulillah. Want to thank Zafar Iqbal for being the best host ever, Shaykh Umar for his companionship up and down the mountain, Shaykh Ruzwan for being himself. He is a hidden gem. Hamza and Mustafa for allowing me to enjoy their blessed company. And everyone else that I met on the trip.

Met Hamza Robertson (the nasheed dude) and his wife while trekking up, he’s a nice guy. I still won’t be listening to his nasheeds ( too “cutsy” for me, I told him too! ) but I’m looking forward to some new experimental things that he’s wanting to get out there in the mainstream, so may Allah give him tawfiq! Ameen.

I’d recommend everyone to try this out climbing Ben Nevis for Ulfa Aid at least once in their lifetime. It’s not as hard or impossible as it initially looks. It’s tough at times, but very rewarding.

Massive, massive thanks to everyone that sponsored me, you were all in my duas along the way. May Allah reward your generosity with His Generosity. Ameen.

I’ll be uploading some pics that I took inshaAllah.

Oh, and before I forget, I want to thank the beautifully amazing Anwaar Hussain, who was raising money for The Halimah Trust. You can ask him more about this wonderful initiative when you see him on DP

Salams!

Alhamdullilah, reached the top on the way back now inshaAllah!

Alhamdullilah, reached the top on the way back now inshaAllah!

Walking up the mountain, lovely day, inspirational talk last night with Shaykh Ruzwan, following Shaykh Umar’s footsteps right now, dhikrin’ up and dhikrin’ down inshaAllah, need yo duas, salamz!

On the way up to Fort William, the weather is wonderful (17¤C) and the scenery is stunning, should be at the hostel in about an hour inshaAllah

Yes! So there’s only four days left till the walk up Ben Nevis. I want to first of all deeply thank all the really, really generous people who’ve made donations so far. It’s difficult parting with money, I know, but please think about making a donation of even £5, it would be amazing to hit the target of £1000 before the walk starts, so please dig deep into your hearts and make a contribution to this effort to help others. You can visit the Just Giving Fundraising page and make your donation right now.

Many thanks!

So, yeah, as you can see I’ve setup a blog to scribble all the stuff related to my upcoming charity trek ( 24th and 25th May 2008 ) up the Ben Nevis mountain, located in the best, undeniably justifiably amazing, and most beautifully wonderful, great (small) country in the whole wide world. Yep, you got it baby, SCOTLAND!!!

Watch for pics and thoughts and other stuff related to the trip.

To get you in the proper emotionally blackmailed mood for making a donation to the cause (you tight-fisted so and so) the info docs sent along with the application form for this trip (organiased by Ulfa Aid) said, “Remember people have died on this mountain!!”, so, while you twiddle and twaddle your thumbs deciding whether to donate or not, I’m risking my life here son!

So enough of the dilly-dally, nilly-nallying, whip out that credit card, fire up the “SPONSOR ME YO!” link at the top of this site and racket in those big numbers (small numbers most welcome as well!)

May Allah reward you. Ameen!

Laterz.

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