Articles tagged ‘Climber Profiles’

Julie at Uhuru Peak - Kilimanjaro Summit

By Donovan | August 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Julie O’Keeffe submitted this picture of herself at Uhuru Peak on the morning of July 29, 2006. Congratulations Julie!
Here is Julie’s advice on making it to the summit:
“I may not be the best person to ask for advice on making it to the summit because I struggled. I am a triathlete and did fine on [...]

 

WheelChair Up Kilimanjaro

By Donovan | June 14th, 2006 | 3 Comments »

Could someone in a wheelchair make it up Kilimanjaro was a questions that I received today.
Well, to be honest, I haven’t seen it or heard of it before, but Kilimanjaro is one of the mountains where can do about anything. At the least, I think if you took the Marangu route, and had a couple [...]

 

BootsnAll Tanzania Trip

By Donovan | January 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

On the first sunrise of 2006, on the top of the highest mountain in Africa, more than 20 BootsnAll members successfully made it to Kilimanjaro’s summit, Uhuru Peak. It was a tough grueling climb – one that had been planned and discussed for almost a year – but in the end, all of the work, [...]