What is the perfect thing to do when you have only FOUR DAYS TO GO before you climb the tallest mountain in Africa? Have a “We’re climbing Mount Kilimanjaro party!” Here are some pictures from the party… Bill, Jonathan’s Grandma,…
Long Underwear Models Payless Shoes and liner socks
5 Days to go! We got our long underwear in the mail. Whoo-hoo! An earlier post shows where we found the best prices on long underwear. So here we are, in all our underwear glory, being underwear models. . .…
TV FOX31’s Good Day Colorado talking about our Kilimanjaro Climb
Carrie and Jonathan (We like talking about ourselves in the third person… makes us feel special!) were interviewed by Steve Kelley on FOX31’s Good Day Colorado on May 30th. Why were we there? We were being interviewed about our Kilimanjaro…
Where is Kilimanjaro?
One of the questions we are asked most often is: WHERE IS KILIMANJARO? Americans aren’t generally known for their knowledge of world geography, and to be honest, when we first decided to go, I had no idea where Kilimanjaro was…
FOX 31 went great!
Hi Everyone! Just a super-quick posting today… Thank-you all for your support of us! The news show went awesome and we’ll get a video of it up as soon as possible! After the interview on Good Day Colorado, we went…
Kilimanjaro2006 on the TV news!
This morning, we got a call from David at the Denver FOX TV affiliate. We’re going to be on the news tomorrow morning! Needless to say, we’re VERY excited! If you’re in Denver, and can break free from 8:00AM –…
Kilimanjaro climbing gear – saving money
Some notes today on the gear we’re getting/using for our climb. First, the most important thing… SOCKS! Carrie’s allergic to wool, so we are getting these for liner socks from MooseJawOutpost. We LOVE Moosejaw!, Wigwam Gobi Liner Socks And, just…
Climbing Colorado trails and Colorado Mountains
We went climbing in the Colorado mountains today. Well, maybe not the mountains exactly. More like the Colorado foothills. What we discovered: Even though going to the gym, and doing a bunch of working out at the gym (which we…
Climbing in Colorado Mountains and porters
Carrie and I are going climbing/hiking today in the Colorado mountains, but before we go climbing, I thought I would share a video with you. It’s a video of porters on Kilimanjaro. Someone else took this video, but it gives…
Pictures of monkeys and the trunk monkey video
So here’s the gist of today’s posting. Monkeys: Pictures of monkeys, talk about monkeys, and monkey business. (Well, maybe not monkey business exactly…) When we get back, we will have some great pictures we took, and hopefully, (as one of…