Tag: Mt. Kilimanjaro
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Find Your Mountaintop.
in StoriesLast updated on February 6th, 2024 at 04:37 pmEveryone should have at least one experience that’s truly for themselves—something utterly indelible from their life story that lays the foundation for everything to happen from that point forward… the stuff of epiphanies. Too often, we take our lives for granted—too many of us have grown accustomed…
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From Sunrise to Summit
Last updated on February 15th, 2024 at 10:53 pmThe greatest trick Casey Palmer ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist. Or… he just worked a week with 40 hours of overtime and had no time to blog. You decide which story is real. As a premise for this post, I’ve been informed…
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Kili Tried to Kill Me!!!
Last updated on February 15th, 2024 at 10:53 pmDAY TWO Machame—Shira Two Hike: 5 km 3022m—3830m 5-6 hours “The words steep, rocky and dusty are out adjectives for the day as we leave the grassland behind and enter a barer landscape. We make our way slowly upward with a backdrop of Giant Senecias—today is a…
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One Does Not Simply CLIMB Kilimanjaro!!!
Last updated on February 16th, 2024 at 01:09 amIt had all started so optimistically. We settled our bill at Imani, which included a free ride to the Zanzibar airport (which was amazing after all the taxi-related debacles). After getting through customs (where the customs officer gave me quite the strange look when she saw my…
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Packing to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Last updated on February 16th, 2024 at 01:09 amAs you can see, I wasn’t kidding when I said that the amount of gear we’d gotten for this trip was utterly ridiculous. But it’s like I told a friend while enjoying a walk in the sunshine on Tuesday that you can’t put a price on safety…