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The
Main Event 
The long and extensive story of our travels to east Africa: the places
we went, the things we climbed, the animals we saw, the fun we had! |
Quick-Reference
Table of Contents for the Main Narrative |
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Real-Time
Trip Updates!
Dispatches that we sent out as we were on our trip. Although now in the
past, the record of these real-time updates is still interesting to look
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Chombo
and his men
A photo-montage of our trusty guides and porters. They worked tirelessly
to make our climb a pleasant experience. |
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Wildlife
Extravaganza
Think you've seen all of our exotic animal pictures? Think again! Click
here to get the full rundown on all the animals we saw on Safari! |
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Spotlight
on the Maasai
These fascinating semi-nomads were in evidence in many places throughout
our travels. Here's a detailed look.... |
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The
Exotic Spice Island of Zanzibar
The rich cultural, architectural, and tropical melange of Zanzibar deserves
its own set of pages. Click here to get a more extensive, more detailed
look at our experiences in this little tropical corner of the world. |
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Ascent
and Descent Route Descriptions
A detailed description of our Umbwe-Western Breach ascent / Barafu-Mweka
descent, from a guidebook-style perspective. Maps, distances, elevations,
annotations, and pictures! (Note: this is not the
main trip report! If you are looking for the main trip report, see the
first item at the top of the page) |
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GPS
Data, Maps and Graphs
My raw GPS data from the Kilimanjaro climb, and a single point of reference
for all of the maps and graphs of the climb. |
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Audio
and Video Repository
Even though audio and video is interleaved throughout the main story, I
thought I'd create this separate section to contain all of the audio and
video clips, for quick access. |
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A
Contrasting Tragedy
Precisely while we were climbing, another group of Ottawans were climbing,
too. Their adventure ended in misfortune and tragedy. An account of their
story and of the reflections cast on our own climb. |
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Markus'
Trip Report
An account of the trip and the climb, from Markus' perspective. |
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Trip
Preparations
A detailed rundown of everything we did to get ready for this trip. Useful
if you want to see what goes into a trip like this, and also useful if
you are planning your own trip to Kilimanjaro. ( ) |
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Original
Trip Proposal
The is a link to the original proposal page that kicked off this whole
endeavour! |
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