We topped it off with an erotic show put on by two lions, much to everyone's fascination. Someone said it was just like watching The Discovery Channel.
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 Not only did all the members, but all their bags arrived as well, and we're very happy that we're off to a good start....
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
...a few members of the team didn't lose their toenails but for the other ones it will be okay....
Sunday, August 11, 2002 (11pm PDT)
We're on top of a little peak right now with 5,895 meters above mean sea level and we are exhausted and we are very happy....
Sunday, August 11, 2002
We're tucked into bed now. It's about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, however most people have been down for about an hour now in preparation for a 1 o'clock departure...
Saturday, August 10, 2002
Everybody is now very acclimatized and we're getting very excited about the possibilities of moving up and into position for our summit bid....
Friday, August 9, 2002
Last night we were fortunate enough to see the Southern Cross for the first time, a wonderful constellation in the southern sky...
Shira Plateau- Thursday, August 8, 2002
We finally really felt the altitude; several people are mentioning being breathless and it's more than just views that are causing that. We've come up 5,000 feet....
Machame Camp- Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Then we started up the trail, a trail that started off real nice and then got slimy with mud and roots and all sorts of good things....
Arusha- Tuesday, August 6, 2002
We just made a wonderful drive from downtown Nairobi all the way down to the booming little metropolis of Arusha...
Safari - Thursday, July 18, 2002
...there was maybe 100,000 of them and they were making so much racket you could barely hear...
Park Gate - Monday, July 15, 2002 (9am PST)
Last night we got in late after moving slow and easy all day on the mountain. From the summit, it was just clear skies and you could see in every direction, Mount Meru and all the plains in Africa...
High Camp - Saturday, July 13, 2002 (8am PST)
We'll go up about four-, well, three-and-a-half thousand feet above us right now and we'll descend down several thousand feet, maybe seven to eight thousand....
Karanga Camp - Friday, July 12, 2002 (10am PST)
...we hiked up the steep wall; did some easy rock climbing, 3rd class, and some boulder moves, up about a thousand feet...
Barranco Hut - Thursday, July 11, 2002 (9am PST)
We are at Barranco Hut at 13,200 feet just under the Breach Wall of Kilimanjaro. We had a fantastic day today...
Shira Plateau - Wednesday, July 10, 2002 (10am PST)
We just had a great hike up today with a lot of good weather; beautiful hike up a ridge through some moor lands...
Machame Hut - Tuesday, July 9, 2002 (9pm PST)
...we're at 10,000 feet under blue skies and we're looking up at the face of Kilimanjaro. You can see the Messner Route and all the glaciers...
Arusha - Monday, July 8, 2002 (12pm PST)
It's beautiful skies today. It's about the first time I think I've ever seen Kilimanjaro from just outside Nairobi....