Travis, Cameron, and I took my dad to Monterey to play golf for his 80th birthday. The trip got off to a rocky start when we missed our SWA flight at Houston Hobby Airport due to an accident on the freeway. We did not get to Monterey that day until well after midnight, but we […]
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Quetico Canoeing Trip
Travis, Cameron and I went on a 10 day Boy Scout canoeing, backpacking and portaging trip in Quetico Provincial Park, which is a series of lakes and wetlands north of Duluth, Minnesota. We ran into lots of mosquitos but very few people, other than those in our group, and had a terrific trip. Photos of […]
Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater
After climbing Kilimanjaro, we are off to see two of Tanzania’s best game reserves, Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater. Both are World Heritage Sites. Lake Manyara National Park lies on the western side of the Great Rift Valley. The park covers 129 square miles of which Lake Manyara covers 89 square miles. The lake […]
Days 8 & 9, Mweka Camp and Park Gate
The next morning we leave the Kosovo camp heading down. We do not go down the way we came up. We are going down the Mweka Route, which is trail that is too steep for ascending and only is used to go down. We hike for about 4 hours, at a very fast pace, until […]
Day 7, Summit Day
We wake up at 5:00 a.m. on summit day, Thursday, August 30. We have a quick breakfast in the mess tent. It is cold and clear and a great day to try and reach the summit. Everyone is ready to go, except Marsha. She does not feel well and has developed some stomach problems (probably […]
Day 6, Kosovo Camp
We start about 9:00 a.m. today. This will be a shorter hiking day. We only will hike for about 4 hours. We leave Karanga headed for the Barafu camp at about 15,000 feet. Barafu is the main camp where folks start their summit attempt of Kilimanjaro and several trails converge at Barafu. We arrive at […]
Day 5, Baranco Wall and Karanga Camp
Today we start out by climbing up the Baranco wall, a massive 1000 foot vertical lava flow. It is mostly straight up from the stream valley. When you first see it, it is hard to imagine that there can be a trail on it. For some of the time, we use ropes so that […]
Day 4, Lava Tower and Baranco Camp
We are up early again to get ready for a long day. Starting at 13,600 feet, our plan is to hike up to the Lava Tower at 15,000 feet, try to arrive by 12:30 p.m. or so, eat lunch, and then hike down to the Baranco camp at 12,800 feet. It will make for along […]
Day 3, Moir Camp
We leave the Shira campsite again around 9:00 a.m. for a 6 to 7 hour hike to the Moir camp. The Moir camp is at 13,652 feet. The hike today is not as steep as the day before with mostly a gradual upward slope. We eat lunch on the trail again and arrive at the […]
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