Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 2016
A Group of 10 tackles a fantastic eight-day Lemosho 'pole pole' trek with summitting the roof of Africa on a warm-ish New Years Day 2016. Filled with porridge protests, pancake and pasta overload, stew of all sorts, hot water on-demand, bongo flava music, amazing porters, superb guides, leaky tents, altitude sickness sans-diamox for me, tent cities, porter vs. tourist latrines, chopper mustache discussions, stargazing, moon-lit nights on the mountain when nature calls, sunsets, mountain monkey icy barranco wall scrambling, hazardous toilet seeking at Barafu camp, erroneous birthday surprise, sleepy climb summit day, and a slippery slide ski descent down, a proposal, a crazy mob at the top competing for photos (with a woman attempting to hog the sign), and mbege banana beer to end the journey ... and so many more stories!
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