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Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust #56337 09/22/19 05:40 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 378 Likes: 13 California WanderingJim OP
OP WanderingJim Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 378 Likes: 13 California	Well, I fly to Tanzania on Saturday. After a few days to recover from the flights and adjust to the new time zone, a 4 day climb of Mt Meru awaits. Which is a warmup for a 8 day trek up Kilimanjaro. Thankfully, I don't have to carry all my gear on these treks. It won't be a tiny step by tiny step commentary, but I might occasionally throw some small status updates up on my website if anyone is interested. http://wandering.earth Last edited by WanderingJim; 09/22/19 05:41 PM. http://wandering.earth

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust WanderingJim #56338 09/22/19 07:59 PM
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 129 Likes: 12 Escondido, CA M MikeH
MikeH M Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 129 Likes: 12 Escondido, CA	Sounds exciting. Good luck!

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust WanderingJim #56341 09/23/19 01:11 PM
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 23 California, USA L LuvAdventure2014
LuvAdventure2014 L Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 23 California, USA	You got it! Have a wonderful time!

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust WanderingJim #56343 09/23/19 02:11 PM
Joined: Aug 2019 Posts: 3 Newbury Park, Ca. P Pauln
Pauln P Joined: Aug 2019 Posts: 3 Newbury Park, Ca.	Have a great trip & be safe...

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust Pauln #56384 09/30/19 12:05 PM
Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 16 Likes: 1 North Carolina T tarheel1
tarheel1 T Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 16 Likes: 1 North Carolina	On our summit attempt of Mt. Whitney on Sept. 11 there was a group of 7 hikers who let us tag along with them while it was still dark( we had gotten off the trail twice). One of those hikers who was really helpful runs a company that arranges trips up Kilimanjaro. Don't remember his name but if you are going with his company tell him the older couple from North Carolina says hi.

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust WanderingJim #56474 10/22/19 02:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 378 Likes: 13 California WanderingJim OP
OP WanderingJim Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 378 Likes: 13 California	Success!! Weather was a bit off and on, but I successfully summited Mt Meru and Mt Kilimanjaro!! I'll post a full report and photo links when I can go through the thousands of photos I took (just got back to California yesterday). http://wandering.earth

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust WanderingJim #56475 10/22/19 06:30 PM
Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 123 Likes: 9 San Diego, CA futbol
futbol Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 123 Likes: 9 San Diego, CA	Congrats and look forward to your trip report!

Re: Wish me luck... Kilimanjaro or bust WanderingJim #56545 11/04/19 09:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 378 Likes: 13 California WanderingJim OP
OP WanderingJim Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 378 Likes: 13 California	22 days in Tanzania... 4 days on Mt Meru... 8 days on Mt Kilimanjaro… 4 days on Safari… Over 7,000 pictures taken... It was hard… It was exhausting… It pushed my body to it’s limits… and beyond… BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!! A report and pictures covering my planning for this challenging trip, getting to Tanzania, and my time in Moshi and Arusha: https://wandering.earth/index.php/2019/11/02/tanzania-2019-planning-getting-there-moshi-and-arusha/ A report and pictures covering my trek up and down Mt Meru: https://wandering.earth/index.php/2019/11/02/tanzania-2019-mt-meru/ A report and pictures covering my trek up and down Mt Kilimanjaro: https://wandering.earth/index.php/2019/11/04/tanzania-2019-mt-kilimanjaro-full-report-and-photos/ A report and pictures covering my end of trip Safari and some final thoughts on the entire trip, successes and failures: https://wandering.earth/index.php/2019/11/04/tanzania-2019-safari-full-report-and-photos/ So what can I possibly do to top that trip? http://wandering.earth

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