I finished the trip report, photos and all, of the trek my father and two friends made of Mt. Kilimanjaro this February and March. Check the whole thing out under "Adventures" on the blog menu, or right here: Kilimanjaro's Lemosho Route Trip Report!
Category: Mountains
Elevation change is key…
Ngazi kwa ngazi..
Level by level, rung by rung, step by step, little by little. A Kiswahili phrase I learned from the local Maasai boy who was basically my personal guide up Raspberry Hill and down to the Themi Hills waterfall. A phrase I often pair with another popular Swahili saying: pole pole meaning slowly. These concepts are very familiar …
The Night Life
The eastern horizon began to glow as I finally crested the rocky summit of Mt. Massive (14,429') at 6:00am Friday morning. The full moon, still sitting high above the western horizon behind me, had guided my steps for the past four hours as I hiked through the trees and over high alpine tundra to my solitary summit. …
The Telling of a Trek..
The Haute Route - 2014 In August of 2014 I returned from an outstanding 10 day hike through the Swiss Alps. A close friend and I set our sights on the classic Walker's Haute Route for our trek, but we decided to try it in reverse. This meant starting at the Matterhorn and making our …
Rays of Cobalt Blue 