I was ten years old when I discovered I was white. It happened suddenly, and unexpectedly. Until then, I don’t think skin color existed for me, at least not on a conscious level, because it never occurred to me that… Read More ›
Africa
Showing Off
I’m still on a high over the whole climbing the mountain thing. My good friend Cynthia deLorenzi interviewed me on Google and I am compelled to share. Forgive me. I will post a new story by the weekend, I promise.
Photo Journal of Mt. Kili
Here is a link to the Flickr Photos for the Mt. Kilimanjaro climb.
Dung Houses
We visited a Massai village in Kenya, and we were invited into one of their homes. The Massai build their houses out of cow dung. This is my friend Denise and I inside one of these homes. We are sitting… Read More ›
Day Five
The afternoon of day five. We are at camp and just got fitted for our helmets. We begin hiking at 5 am tomorrow morning – it will be the toughest day. We start early because the rocks are frozen to… Read More ›
Day Four
Day Four – (Actually, by the time I was able to connect it was the morning of Day five) We are at Lava Camp. So far, I’m feeling good. I started taking Diamox yesterday at lunch when I started getting… Read More ›
The morning of departure
The big day has arrived! Yesterday we had our gear check. We had two guides conduct this, one who’s name is Aga, and the other guide’s name is hard to pronounce but he said his nickname is “K2” so we… Read More ›
Tracking the Hike
One of the hikers in our group is a tech geek (Yay Jim!) and he set up a website that will track our progress via his little GPS system. Each day it will show where we are on Mt. Kili… Read More ›
Arriving in Kilimanjaro
I flew into Mt. Kilimanjaro airport today. There is nothing more sobering than having the pilot announce we are at 18,000 feet altitude and you look out the window and see Mt. Kilimanjaro in the distance and realize you are… Read More ›
Touring Nairobi
I arrived into Nairobi on Friday night (9/14) and caught a cab to my hotel. I’m staying at the Fairmont Hotel, which is also where Bob, Denise, Rachel and Corey are going to stay when they arrive next week. It… Read More ›
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