Day 7: Another 5 hour walk down to the Mweke gate. The path turned hideously muddy and steep downhill, so the pace was very slow so we wouldn’t fall over and get absolutely covered in mud. Going downhill was more painful than uphill; your knees, toes, thighs ache with every steep, slippery step. We saw … Continue reading Kilimanjaro: Day 7
Month: October 2011
Unicode making malware easier
I recently discovered a wonderful unicode character that makes the following text reverse called right-to-left-override. For example: print "Hello[U+202E]World", produces the output: Hello dlroW. I'm not sure of what legitimate reason you would use the unicode character, but several blogs have warned that it can be used by malware writers to get people to click on files. Most people … Continue reading Unicode making malware easier
Kilimanjaro: Day 6
Day 6: Down to Mweke Gate. Since there was no longer a rush to get to the camps at a certain time, day 6 was much more relaxed. Taryn and Lorena slept on a bit, so we set off before them to Mweke camp. My altitude sickness went away very quickly, I felt completely different … Continue reading Kilimanjaro: Day 6
Kilimanjaro: Day 5
Day 5: summit day. In the morning my nausea was worse, and managed just tea for breakfast. At this point I knew I wouldn’t be able to make the peak, so made it my challenge to reach the base camp, Barafu, 4633m. Although the walk here was only 4 hours – again to reach the … Continue reading Kilimanjaro: Day 5
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