At the top of Kilimanjaro on New Years Day, 2006
Chaga farms on the way to the start of our climb
Chagga shack
Jen and I at the park office
Kilimanjaro permit
The Kilimanjaro climbers
Porters packing up and preparing for the climb
Porter Back!
Chameleon
AR Jack on Day 1 of our 8 day climb
The skyline never stopped near Kilimanjaro
Day 2 hike across a valley
Day 2 camp, Shira plateau
The two tents are our cook tents and also where the porters sleep...all 27 of them!
Preparing for a cold night
Learning from the optometrist of the year!
Day 3 hike
This is the area where 3 climbers were killed shortly after our climb.
Barranco Wall
These big plants close up at night and reopen in the morning to collect rainwater
Day 6 hike
ARC representing
ARC representing
One rock
2 rock
45 rocks and 15 tons later...Jack and I bulit a wall.
This will be on Kilimanajaro above camp 5 for decades!
View of Kilimanjaro from day 6 camp
We're almost there! Acclimitization hike on day 6
Jen and I
The big bad cold Kilimanjaro
View from the top!
New Years morning, 2006
Jack and Christina at the top of Kili
Mount Kilimanjaro glaciers
Kili lava crater
Cloudy at the top!
Very old tree
Rudd and Jamaica
Jamaica, our guide....die hard Kansas City Chiefs fan
Chameleon
Porters singing us a goodbye song
Dinner tent
19,340 feet, 5,895 meters
We started at 8,000' in the jungle.
These trees take 75 years to grow one branch, the 25 years for each additional.
Who are they again?
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At the top of Kilimanjaro on New Years Day, 2006
19,340 feet, 5,895 meters