Mt. Kilimanjaro Pictures
Pictures from all over Kilimanjaro - hiking up the routes, various views of the mountain, its surrounding, and the climbers.
Moir to Lava Tower
You generally don’t see this Kilimanjaro picture angle. It’s on the route from Moir Hut to Lava Tower, coming from the west. This is typically Day 4 on a Lemosho Route climb.
Date: March 31st, 2008 |
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Best Kilimanjaro Picture
This is one of my favorite pictures of Mt. Kilimanjaro from the Marangu Route, headed up to Kibo Huts and then up to Gilliman’s Point. I rarely climb the mountain on this route, so I have only see this perspective a few times. To the right of this picture, you would see Mawenzi, or Hans Meyers Peak. This is definitely the easy side of Kilimanarjo and it doesn’t look intimidating. But don’t let this fool you! It still is a tough challenge. 
Date: February 21st, 2008 |
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Belarusians Arrive On Kilimanjaro!
Recently I heard from a group of 7 clients who managed to get to the summit of Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak. You can see their picture before the climb, when they are fresh, excited, and ready for the mountain, with their new trekking gear and a great attitude. And then you see their picture at the summit - exhausted, tired, cold, and ready to descend, as the 5 to 6 hour hike from Barafu Camp is one of the hardest parts of the trip.
While it’s always great to get to the legendary “you made it” sign on Kilimanjaro, most …
Date: January 8th, 2008 |
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Kilimanjaro Summit Picture
I always like the group photographs in front of the sign on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. They are always so different and unique even though it’s the same picture. Sometimes it’s dark, cold - the climbers look exhausted. Other times it’s full of people in the back ground, others clamoring to get their pictures taken too. This picture - with 3 of my clients - the people actually look pretty happy. You never know quite what to expect. Good job ladies - and you too Sherpa Ken.
Date: December 20th, 2007 |
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Picture of the week 50
Our final stop on the way down was Millennium Camp on the edge of the tree line. I confess that I never took any pictures. We could breathe, our hunger had returned, we knew we would sleep like babies and the realization we’d really climbed the mountain combined to leave us standing there in a sustained, wow.
On the final day through the rain forest, however, I took many images like this one. After a week without any foliage, this was pure
Eden.
Date: December 11th, 2007 |
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Kilimanjaro From Airplane
My pilot friend continues to update me with great pictures of the snows of Kilimanjaro.
Date: January 25th, 2008 |
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Picture of the week 52
This is the last photo for this year as Donavan has other plans for the site in 2008. I enjoyed sharing the images. I received some very nice reactions to the photos and wish to thank everyone that sent comments. I also wish to thank the outstanding staff at BootsnAll for their kind stewardship of this process.
The final image was sent to me after our trip. I’d shipped a package of goodies to our head Tusker Guide, Bwana Stephen, with the intent to have him pass the stuff around to our …
Date: January 8th, 2008 |
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Picture of the week 51
This photo was taken just outside of the Mweka Gate Hut as the officials completed our summit certificates. Our Tusker Land Rover waited a few steps away ready to whisk us down through the gauntlet of souvenir salesmen and hawkers as we headed, joyful to be riding, to the first shower in 11 days.
We made sure to break-in our Asolo boots prior to the climb but they were basically new when we started the trek. As you can see, our trusted foot-gear took a vigorous pounding and left the mountain with …
Date: December 18th, 2007 |
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Picture of the week 49
This is Barafu Camp. As you can see by all the tents, it has enough population for its own zip code. Most of the night summit attempts leave from here.
Shira, Lemosho, Machame and Umbre Routes all pass through Barafu to the summit.
We briefly stopped in Barafu for a candy bar and continued on to Millennium Camp for our last night.
The trek from the summit (19,340 ft) to Millennium Camp (12,300 ft) took 7 hours.
The oxygen rich air returned our cognitive spark that had been squeezed out high …
Date: November 29th, 2007 |
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