Entries Posted in July, 2006
July 31st, 2006
Do we need hiking or trekking poles?
Jonathan and Carrie,
Thanks so much for answering the clothing question for us! I did think of another question of course. We read somewhere that there are usually hiking sticks for sale near the gate of the mountain. Did you find this to be true? Also, do you recommend hiking poles? We’re packing our stuff and its really starting to hit us now! Thanks again for all of your advice! =)
Britten (and Chris)
July 30th, 2006
How to pack for Kilimanjaro and clothing to wear
Hi Jonathan and Carrie,
My name is Britten. I just came across your website and found it very helpful!
My boyfriend and I are leaving on Tuesday to Africa for a Mount Kilimanjaro climb. This is definitely the most extreme adventure either of us has ever taken. I have been researching and reading up on everything I can find to prepare us for the trip and I was really thankful to come across your site.
I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions and get any advice that the two of you have to offer. One of my main questions is how to pack for the weather changes as you advance up the mountain. I keep reading that we should pack light but I’m afraid we won’t pack enough of what is really needed. Should we pack more light clothing to keep cool or heavy clothing to stay warm?
If you could answer this question it would be so helpful to us! So far that’s the one thing I haven’t been able to get answered. If there is anything else that you think would be helpful advice that would be much appreciated as well.
Thanks in advance for any information you can give us and Congrats on your engagement!
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July 28th, 2006
Kilimanjaro2006 in the news!
Carrie is from a town in the NorthEastern part of the state called Holyoke. The Holyoke Enterprise did a full story on us and our climb, and we thought it was a really nice article!
We’ve linked to it, or you can click to continue reading and read the article right here on our site!
July 25th, 2006
Kilimanjaro Questions and Answers about the water
Jonathan -
I hope you don’t mind if I occasionally ask you a question about your climb, we are climbing (my wife and 3 grown kids) in September. We’re going up the Machame route – I think you did the same. Are there places to buy bottled water, at the bottom, along the way …… or do you have to get it from the guides / streams, and boil it and purify it? Do you then have to carry all 4 litres with you, each person, for the day?
Having recently done it – You are the expert of course – and I’m thrilled to know someone who we can ask a question to now and then (we’re a bit nervous at this point). We just got our visas back from the Tanzania embassy yesterday – thank goodness.
Thanks Jonathan!
Scot
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July 16th, 2006
A Few Kilimanjaro Favorites
So, we have some news, and some pictures to share!
Our news:
1. We’re in Orlando, leaving for home in Colorado, and we are delayed. We may or may not make our connection in Chicago. Time will tell.
2. We’re going to be on the news again! It might happen tomorrow morning. We say might because, well, #1. We might not make it on time.
So, because we’re sitting here in an (another) airport, with annoyed people around us, we decided to use the free wireless internet access to do something positive with our delay.
So, here are a few of our favorite pictures.
A shot of the awesome mountain just seven days before our summit.
Jonathan as a cape buffalo.
Fiber Optic Flowers in Africa.
Carrie of the Frosty Hair.
Adam of the “I haven’t showered in 8 days” hair.
Zebra Love
(A.K.A. You scratch my back; I’ll scratch yours.)
The Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge (where we stayed the first two nights and our last night in Africa)
Carrie and Jonathan on Mount Kilimanjaro
Sunset over Mount Meru (Camp 2 – with Mount Kilimanjaro behind us)
July 6th, 2006
Pictures from Kilimanjaro summit
We have over 1,000 pictures that we are currently cataloguing and organizing, putting into an easy-to-navigate and fun format.
But, a couple of people have asked us for pictures from the summit, so instead of having you wait for the next days’ postings (from DC, NYC, and NJ, as well as our safari), here are just a few of our pictures from the summit.
Thanks for all your support! We have more to share, MUCH MORE, and it will be coming very soon!
July 1st, 2006
We Made it! To the top of Kilimanjaro!
We made it to the top of Kilimanjaro! And we’re back safe and sound. We don’t have much time right now, but wanted to let everyone know that it was absolutely amazing, both Jonathan and Carrie summited the mountain, and we’ve got some exciting news to share as well!
From here, we leave for Amsterdam in 3 hours, where we will spend a couple of days. We’re very excited about this next leg of our trip, and are glad to have the time to rest on the plane!
We’ve taken over 700 pictures, and have 2 1/2 hours of video to share with everyone, which will start appearing on the web site shortly, as soon as we’re able to get everything put together into a format that will be accessible for everyone online.
Stay tuned!
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