My partner (Doreen) and I turned 50 last year, and decided to go and do something about it. We tossed around a few ideas like floating the Grand Canyon, going to Carnival in Rio, but decided that we wanted to do something that required some physical training and was somewhat more adventurous.
I tossed some past-read National Geographic articles around in my head and Kilimanjaro popped up. Once it was brought up, we both knew that it was the ideal adventure to take on, so an expedition was born.
Unfortunately, we could not get away during our 50th year. So, this adventure is going to happen this year.
So, once the climb was decided upon, the next obvious thought was - if we are going all the way to Tanzania to climb a dumb mountain, we better go see some of the great wildlife there too. Some of the most amazing game reserves and national parks are in the close vicinity of Kilimanjaro. A short list includes Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater (worth going to for the name alone), Lake Manyara, and Tarangire.
We decided the ideal time to climb Kilimanjaro was in February because that is the wet season there, and the Great Migration is at its southernmost reaches. More on the great Migration later.
OK- expedition location decided, dates set, sounds good right? No way- there is tons of planning, training, equipping, vaccinating, and researching to be done.
This site is for friends, family, and colleagues who are interested in our progress on this expedition. I hope to keep this up through the training phase, and also keep it going via Blackberry during the trip. I plan to post updates on our progress all the way up the mountain and down again. Thanks for reading!
I tossed some past-read National Geographic articles around in my head and Kilimanjaro popped up. Once it was brought up, we both knew that it was the ideal adventure to take on, so an expedition was born.
Unfortunately, we could not get away during our 50th year. So, this adventure is going to happen this year.
So, once the climb was decided upon, the next obvious thought was - if we are going all the way to Tanzania to climb a dumb mountain, we better go see some of the great wildlife there too. Some of the most amazing game reserves and national parks are in the close vicinity of Kilimanjaro. A short list includes Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater (worth going to for the name alone), Lake Manyara, and Tarangire.
We decided the ideal time to climb Kilimanjaro was in February because that is the wet season there, and the Great Migration is at its southernmost reaches. More on the great Migration later.
OK- expedition location decided, dates set, sounds good right? No way- there is tons of planning, training, equipping, vaccinating, and researching to be done.
This site is for friends, family, and colleagues who are interested in our progress on this expedition. I hope to keep this up through the training phase, and also keep it going via Blackberry during the trip. I plan to post updates on our progress all the way up the mountain and down again. Thanks for reading!
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