Mt. Kilimanjaro Climber Profiles

Mazamas Summit Kilimanjaro

By Donovan | March 24th, 2008 | Comments Off

A group from the Oregon-based Mazamas recently joined one of my climbs up Mt. Kilimanjaro. They spent eight days hiking up the Lemosho route, which enters Kilimanjaro from the west.

If you live in ... [read on]
 

Kilimanjaro Hakuna Matata: New Book

By Donovan | March 19th, 2008 | Comments Off

I stumbled upon a novice Mt Kilimanjaro climbing book today: Kilimanjaro: Hakuna Matata, by Chris Baker. I don’t know anything about this guy and it doesn’t seem like he is a famous writer, but he did take the time ... [read on]
 

Unsolicited Review – Porters and Safety

By Donovan | March 14th, 2008 | Comments Off

Here is an unsolicited email from some clients who recently returned from their climb. What makes this letter interesting is that our guide advised my client Ralph not to summit even though he was 1 day away. The point is ... [read on]
 

Climb For A Cause – Kilimanjaro

By Donovan | February 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off

Over the years, I have seen hundreds of people climb Kilimanjaro for certain causes. Whether it’s to raise awareness for “Aids/HIV awareness, homelessness, leukemia, cancer research, blindness, Darfur, exploited children, multiple sclerosis, orphans, etc,” I probably read of a new ... [read on]
 

Belarusians Arrive On Kilimanjaro!

By Donovan | January 8th, 2008 | Comments Off

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 ... [read on]
 

BootsnAll Guided Summits 2008/9

By Peter Baxter | January 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

This year BootsnAll will be staging an escorted and guided New Year’s Eve Summit of Kilimanjaro & Safari between December 23 and January 3 2008/9. I will be personally leading the climb via the Lesotho Route with aim of ... [read on]
 

Climber Profile

By Donovan | February 7th, 2007 | Comments Off

This is a picture of two BootsnAll’s Kilimanjaro climbers who summited the top of Kilimanjaro a few weeks ago. They managed to successful;y climb seven days on the Machame route, despite a significant amount of snow. ... [read on]
 

Chen Daddy’s Kilimanjaro Video Library

By Donovan | December 22nd, 2006 | Comments Off

I have to say, this is one of the funniest videos of some Kilimanjaro climbers. The main guy, known as “Chen Daddy” is hilarious with all his comments about NOT making it to the summit of Kilimanjaro on the ... [read on]
 

Kilimanjaro Slide Show

By Donovan | November 17th, 2006 | Comments Off

Check out this YouTube slide show from Lee and Jacob’s climb up Kilimanjaro. As you remember, I have profiled these two East Coasters before. Recently, we published Lee’s day-to-day account of climbing the mountain. Read Day by Day ... [read on]
 

Day By Day Tales on Mt. Kilimanjaro

By Donovan | November 15th, 2006 | 4 Comments »

From Moshi to Uhuru Peak By Lee Abbamonte

Arrival into Tanzania Jake and I left Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after spending one night in Kenya’s capital and we left in search of answers. Answers to what it was about Kilimanjaro that ... [read on]