Mt. Kilimanjaro Pictures

Picture of the week 49

By Ed | November 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

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 ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 48

By Ed | November 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

This photograph has always intrigued me because of the primary colors (red, yellow & blue) with the morning moon and the Rebman Glacier peaking along the horizon.

We are half way down the scree ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 47

By Ed | November 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The stroll from the spot of the week 46 photo to the summit sign was maybe 150 yards. My son and I covered that distance, arm & arm, as I fondly recall and ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 46

By Ed | November 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

One of the fellows at BootsnAll sent me some photographs taken by a friend.

I have included one of his images this week because it was the shot I couldn’t take. My camera stopped ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 45

By Ed | November 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Pictured here, taken from inside our tent, is our waiter August at Crater Camp announcing that our dinner was ready in the mess tent. Behind him are the beautifully iconic Furtwrangler Glacier and one ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 44

By Ed | October 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Climatic truths are rendering the glaciers atop Mt. Kilimanjaro smaller by the day. This process has been unfolding for hundreds of years, yes, even before “global warming”. Although I think “man” could be a wiser steward ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 43

By Ed | October 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Pictured here is the Furtwrangler Glacier which we could walk right up to and touch. The breath saving stroll from the crater rim to Crater Camp is all down hill. past the massive ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 42

By Ed | October 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

This view of the Reusch Crater is hidden from Kilimanjaro summiteers by gigantic cinder cones. The only way to see this is to include an over-night stay at Crater Camp, walk up the cinder cones and look ... [read on]
 

Picture of the week 41

By Ed | October 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

While exploring the surroundings on the crater floor the clouds were rolling past, at our level, like gigantic puffs of cotton. I’d never seen anything quite like it.

Picture of the week 40

By Ed | October 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

I took this minimalist image as we moved slowly across the raising snow slope from the top of the Breach to the rim of the cinder cones protecting the Reusch Crater.