12 Days of Kili – Day 9: Barafu
January 5, 2014: Barafu 14,950-ft/4,556-m 3-4 hours This will be our last day of climbing before tomorrow’s ascent to the highest peak of Kilimanjaro known as Kibo. I’m sure there […]
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12 Days of Kili – Day 8: Karanga
Day 8 falls on January 4, 2014 Karanga 13,200-ft/4,023-m: Acclimatization Day Today will be spent in Karanga Valley, overnighting at the same camp to give our bodies more time to […]
12 Days of Kili – Day 8: Karanga
January 3, 2014 Karanga 13,200-ft/4,023-m • 4-5 hours Today promises to be the most challenging so far. Shortly after breakfast, we must face the famed Barranco Wall – an elevation […]
12 Days of Kili – Day 6: Barranco Camp
Day 6 falls on January 2, 2014 Barranco Camp 12,950-ft/3,950-m • 7 hours On this, the second day of the New Year, we venture further ahead on the outer edge […]
12 Days of Kili – Day 5: Moir
Day 5 will fall on January 1, 2014, Moir 13,650-ft/4,160-m • 7-8 hours Well, what a way to start the New Year !!! Truly amazing. Some of us may be […]
12 Days of Kili: Day 3 – Mti Mkubwa (Big Tree) Camp
Day 3: December 30, 2013, Mti Mkubwa (Big Tree) Camp 9,170-ft/2,795-m • 3-4 hours Today, we finally get underway!!! I’m sure there will be a lot of excitement and nervousness as […]
Do you hear what I hear?
Do you hear what I hear? Could that be reindeer bells signaling one month until an all-too-important date? For many that means the arrival of the white-bearded jolly old elf […]
