Trekking Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

[Rick C]

I went to Africa . . . . .

Mt. Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania, on the equator, and is an active volcano standing 19,340 feet.

Below, the obligatory fist-pumping summit photo. After 7.5 hours clawing only six kilometres but gaining 4,000 feet, the ultimate moment. In front is Zeinaib, a spunky 50 year-old Egyptian living in Salt Lake City who probably had the best day of us all, processing far more from a single gulp of air than I was. Left to right is Edward, assistant guide, Kevin from LA who also had a good day, Kaen, our head guide with his 157th summit, myself and Peter, from Denver. Tony, from Boston, would also summit in our group about half an hour later. At this altitude, we're missing 50% of the oxygen found at sea level.



Rather than post a whole string of photo's and dialogue here, I'll refer anyone interested in this trip to this link, where you will find it all:

www.goldentales.ca/guestlog.htm

Rick C
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