Mt Kilimanjaro

Hi everyone again. Many of you will know by now that me and Andy (Morris) have arranged a little trip to Africa to climb Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest point on the African continent. Anyway the time has almost come for us to pack our bags and get on with ...

At 19,341 feet, Mt. Kilimanjaro is the epic African mountain. It stands alone east of the Serengeti in the plains of Tanzania and can be seen even in Kenya. As it wasn't supposed to be a technical mountain to climb, I (Matt) had been toying with the ...

... take a lot of our weight, including all the food and tents.  So, I guess that's the trade off, they help us schlep our stuff up and we do as we're told. In sum, Mt Kilimanjaro is a beautiful mountain and I'm blessed that we were able to climb ...

... Bendo is pulling my arm.  I figure "why not, let's go see the sunrise".  The sunrise on the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro is like that I have never seen in my entire lifetime!  Golden orange brilliant space age explosion of white bliss.  I ...

... and dreams for over an hour.  For the meantime he is working part time during his breaks from study at the Mt Kilimanjaro  National Project which ensures that his skills as a guide are enhanced and his practice/use of English is improved. I ...

No, not climbing the mountain, just looking at it from below and a tour of the local ...

Hi there, Well I managed to reach the summit of the highest free standing mountain in Africa, the awesome Mt. Kilimanjaro. While I kept a daily journal of the experience, I am pressed for time to write a blog. However, I will write it at a later date. All ...

... I did an extra acclimatization walk up to Zebra rock.  Day 3 was mostly in the alpine desert with a magnificent view of Kilimanjaro the entire way to end at Kibo Hut, 4703m.  That afternoon I did another acclimitization walk up part of the path ...

... almost 40 years and have had many adventures together - but the story I'm about to tell tops them all. The thought of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, seemed a little crazy. But there we were, on the morning of Oct 7, 2005, ...

... , but we laughed as we slid down the steep trail. It was 2:00 in the morning on my 60th birthday and I was standing on Mt. Kilimanjaro with the sky loaded with stars. What could be better? As we finished our descent I gave Goslisten my lucky rabbit fur ...

... began our week-long ascent of the mountain.  It seemed we were part of a small village on the move. There are several routes up Mt. Kilimanjaro most of which are very steep and get you to the summit in a few days.  For all but the most ...