Photos from the group’s cameras and cell phones, credits in meta tags.

It’s always great to get other’s perspectives instead of relying on what I see in my camera lens!

Welcome to Tanzania

Welcome to Tanzania
The staff at the local Indian/Italian (crazy mix eh?) restaurant in Moshi get creative on Ashley’s coffee.


Fresh and Ready

Fresh and Ready
The group looks so fresh and ready here!


Forest Camp

Forest Camp
Only 3 hours into our hike, we still all look fresh and ready.


Data

Data
Always reliable for the data – time, temperature, altitude, distance, good looks.


Hiking Pals

Hiking Pals
Clay and Ashley at Big Tree Camp


The man himself

The man himself
Dave poses at Shira 1 Camp


Breakfast!

Breakfast!
Crepes, orange, bananas, hard boiled eggs, our first breakfast during our hike.


Still Moving

Still Moving
Still fresh into our trip, with everybody looking energetic and excited


Tent City

Tent City
One of our stops


Mmmmmm

Mmmmmm
Dave did a great job capturing our meals, this is yet another wonderful meal prepared by our chef Eric


Smiles

Smiles
The group all smiles


Fajitas

Fajitas
Fajitas for dinner!


Ducks in a Row

Ducks in a Row
A neat line of tents in a row


Pakoras

Pakoras
I’m not sure what the Swahili name for these was, but I think I know them as Pakoras or Samosas


Rock. Stars.

Rock.  Stars.
Nemes gets jiggy with it, while Joseph remains stoic as always. What a great group to have with us on the mountain!


Potatoes

Potatoes
Normally I don’t eat potatoes, but Eric did quite a number on these.


Flora

Flora
Dave got this great shot of a Giant Lobelia core.


Chicken

Chicken
Porters did a resupply run from Moshi, bringing fresh meals up to us.


Still Smiling

Still Smiling
We’re all still smiling among the Giant Lobelias


Astrophotography

Astrophotography
It looks like I’m taking astrophotography shots here.


Poseurs

Poseurs
Dave and Ashley posting in front of the mountain


One of me

One of me
Very few photos of me out there


Ummmm

Ummmm
I won’t explain this photo, the group knows what it is 🙂


Yummy

Yummy
Grilled cheese and Pakoras


Deep in Thought

Deep in Thought
A great shot of Ashley during some downtime. The yellow tent really jacks up the white balance, hence the black and white (which works well here)


Wash Time

Wash Time
This is what you come back to if you go for an afternoon hike while your tent-mate decides to do some laundry…


Bath Time

Bath Time
Clay does a mid-week sponge bath in a small water basin.


More Meals

More Meals
Yet another meal shot from Dave


Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No!

Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No!
I have so many Austin Powers captions for this photo that I just have to sit back and let crowdsourcing come up with one here.


Fun!

Fun!
Now this picture just screams fun! Everybody has to do the mandatory "jump in the air" photo on a climb like this.


Mid-Mountain Fries

Mid-Mountain Fries
French Fries on the Mountain


Dessert

Dessert
Freshly made brownies with watermelon.


Barafu Camp

Barafu Camp
Notice how cold everyone looks in this photo, and we’re only at 15,000 feet!


When Ya Gotta Go…

When Ya Gotta Go...
Making the best use of the hole-in-the-floor "Tourists Toilets"


Early Halloween

Early Halloween
It looks like Halloween came early this year


Popcorn

Popcorn
We always had a freshly popped plate of popcorn waiting for us when we made it to camp in the afternoon.


Mountain Monsters

Mountain Monsters
Monstrous crows were everywhere on the mountain


Italian Supper

Italian Supper
Spaghetti tonight!


Brrrrrr

Brrrrrr
Going to sleep at Barafu Camp, already down to 23 degrees at 15,000 feet. The coldest I saw was 8 degrees at Crater Camp at 18,500 feet, which was probably -30 wind chill with the crazy wind up there.


Nighttime Fun

Nighttime Fun
Our guides had us check our oxygen saturation morning and night. Starting somewhere between 96 and 99%, we could see our saturation drop as we gained altitude. It’s also interesting to see your heart rate go up to try to provide more oxygen to your body, usually I’m around 47-55 resting and my resting rate was in the 80s at altitude.


The Drop

The Drop
Clay watching his oxygen saturation drop. Despite being healthy, in shape, and having done other high altitude climbs, he was the unlucky one of the group with low saturation throughout the climb. Always fun to watch a doctor self-diagnose themself!


Living Life

Living Life
You need to make life friends that will climb a mountain with you and make awesome photos like this with you!


Mountain Surf

Mountain Surf
Watching the clouds roll off the mountain like the pipe on a good surf wave.


Silly

Silly
Sometimes I get silly.


Ready for the Conquest

Ready for the Conquest
Ashley poses


Roughing It

Roughing It
I’m looking pretty scrubby here with my mountain man beard. This got shaved the minute I got back to civilization.


In Front of the Glaciers

In Front of the Glaciers
Posing in front of the glaciers


Dave at the Top

Dave at the Top
A great shot of Dave at the Kilimanjaro summit.


Buds

Buds
Dave and I at the peak


Just Me

Just Me
I pose by myself for a summit shot.


Pretty at the Peak

Pretty at the Peak
Ashley poses with the Kili summit sign


The Whole Team

The Whole Team
Our entire team including Nemes, Joseph, and Gaudence.


Peak Pano

Peak Pano
Clay got this great panorama of us trekking from Stella Point to Uhuru Peak


That Way

That Way
Nemes points out an item of interest on the Furtwangler Glacier


Ice

Ice
Dave On Ice


I don’t want to know

I don't want to know
I’m hoping that Clay is taking a photo here.


Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group
Clay is his own Blue Man Group on this wall of blue ice at the Furtwangler Glacier


At the Furrwangler

At the Furrwangler
I pose in front of the west wall of the Furtwangler Glacier. Amazing colors and hue, and the sheer immensity of this chunk of ice sitting on a dry dusty volcanic cone is a wonder in isself.


Watermakers

Watermakers
The guides collect meltwater from the Furtwangler Glacier to make water for their clients at Crater Camp


Sky. Lights.

Sky. Lights.
Ashley got an amazing shot out of her tent at Barafu Camp


A Morning Cup’A’Joe

A Morning Cup'A'Joe
Ashley’s morning view from Barafu Camp as she waits for us to come down from Crater Camp


Happy Campers

Happy Campers
Clay and Ashley look VERY happy to be heading back to civilization.


That’s Us

That's Us
Our signatures in the "heading to the summit" log book


Duku La Dawa

Duku La Dawa
A Tanzanian pharmacy


Traditional

Traditional
African women in Moshi in traditional dress


This isn’t CVS

This isn't CVS
Quite a difference between American pharmacies and African pharmacies.


Caught

Caught
Normally I don’t like to be caught on camera…


I’m Dying Here…

I'm Dying Here...
Pretty sure he’s clinically dead…


Our Happy Ending

Kilimanjaro Beer
When in Rome, drink Roman beer.



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