So I found out last weekend that there are two main reasons why hikers do not summit Mt. Kilimanjaro - a) they are not in shape or b) they are not dressed appropriately and are too cold. I get cold so easily I can just picture myself swaddled in everything I brought, hat piled on hat, wool gloves pulled over mittens, pants straining over layers of long underwear - my eyeballs hardened like the grapes my daughters put in the freezer. A new obsession for me - will I bring warm enough clothes or will I be denied the summit as I shiver along the trail? =O
I "hiked" to the base of a waterfall last Saturday. It was more like a scramble up boulders and loose shale. Sliding back down was worse, the butt of my jeans muddied, my quads trembling, but I didn't care - I made it alive with no broken bones. My two worst fears - confrontation and steep downhills - maybe I should just narrow it to one - confronting steep downhills.
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A final view of Mt. Kilimanjaro
It's Official
At the Roof of Africa
Crater
Glaciers
Barafu Camp
Looking back at Karanga Valley Camp
Morning Send Off
Barranca Wall
Top of Barranca Wall
The Dining Tent
Trail to Lava Tower
Shira Camp
Machame Trail
Machame Gate
Half Dome cables
Towering Tree
this is a former house plant that I tired of, I didn't want to throw it out, so I dug a hole for it in the dog yard. It's thriving despite me.
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