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Miriam Makeba Sings ‘Kilimanjaro’

Peter Baxter — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:42:03 +0000

The late great Miriam Makeba – Mama Africa – breathed her last on Novemeber 9 in Italy, collapsing after her final live performance. Here the iconic afro/jazz supremo sings from a live 1960s performance her cover of ‘Kilimanjaro’.

And now for something completely different…!

Altitude Sickness

Donovan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:40:45 +0000

I often receive the question, what happens if someone gets sick and needs to descent from the mountain. Well, typically, and it depends upon each situation, there are assistant guides that walk the person to a lower elevation, depending upon his or her condition. Here is a video of someone with altitude sickness walking down from the summit. As you can see, he doesn’t look too good – but manages to be walking.

Funny Kilimanjaro Video

Donovan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:23:40 +0000

This is an amusing video some guys made for their climb up Kilimanjaro. They have funny excerpts with George Bush answering questions about the climb! It’s a good laugh, good music and well worth the watch.

Watch Our Kilimanjaro Video Climb

Donovan — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:15:17 +0000

I have been patiently waiting for the arrival of this Mt. Kilimanjaro video. A few years ago, we took a huge group of people to climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro – and now we finally have a great video – full of candid moments, interviews, amazing pictures of the mountains, the trail – all edited to great music. We summited Kili on New Years and watched the sunrise to start of a great year. This was by far one of the best trips I ever organized – good people and everything went pretty much as planned.

Watch our Mount Kilimanjaro Video

Lee and Jake’s Kilimanjaro Slideshow

Donovan — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:11:07 +0000

I have posted a link to this Kilimanjaro video before, but I watched it again, and really got me excited. As the vocals on the music begin, it gets me pumped for climbing Africa’s highest mountain – all the memories, experiences, new friends made and the hardships of tackling such a great adventure.

Even though I help organize adventures around the world, sometimes my career feels routine. I get up early in the morning, eat breakfast, go to work, talk to people on the phone all day, go home, eat, visit with my wife and child, go to bed. The days go by, the weeks go by, the months go by, and the years go by.

However, whenever I see videos like this – of trips that I helped organize – I feel really lucky to help people plan life changing, memorable adventures around the world that quite often change their lives, and perspectives, forever. These trips are stories people share with their grandchildren.

I used to do PR for a company that worked with Microsoft in their banking division – and while some of my friends are still at the company, making great money, I couldn’t find happiness in just pitching a product everyday. Fortunately, I found happiness in exploring the world and helping people do it too.

Watch This Video!

Monty Python on Mount Kilimanjaro

Donovan — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:36 +0000

This is typical dry British humor, but a good laugh. You don’t want to find a guide like this.

Safari – Lions Mating

Donovan — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:23:33 +0000

Well, this isn’t really about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, it’s about lions climbing each other. When you see lions on safari in Africa, they are usually sleeping, sometimes times they are waiting patiently for the next dumb zebra or wildebeast to walk by them, or they might be seen doing this. High five!

Random Video Tanzania

Donovan — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:19:09 +0000

If you are interested in seeing pictures of the city and the people of Tanzania, this is a good slide show/video. This is 100 percent Tanzania and what to expect on the street. The music is kind of weird, I think it’s like Christian rock or some church group who shoot these videos. I am not sure if all these people are “waiting for a miracle” as the song writer sings about.

Chen Daddy’s Kilimanjaro Video Library

Donovan — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:25:38 +0000

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 easier Marangu route.

The first 10 seconds of the video is black, without any visual. But you will see a picture eventually. Watch it! And there is some dirty language in the video, but it’s all a good laugh.

Top of Mt. Meru, Looking At Kilimanjaro

Donovan — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:13:04 +0000

Check out this Mount Kilimanjaro video. These climbers are at the top of Mt. Meru – Kilimanjaro’s little sister – at 4,566 metres or 14,980 feet. From above the clouds, the climbers look back at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which shows the flat top.

As you can see Mt. Meru is much more jagged and rough at the top, unlike Kilimanjaro which is relatively flat.

BootsnAll has trekking options for those interested in climbing Mt Meru.