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TANZANIA 2009
In 2003 I met someone who had climbed Kilimanjaro, and from that moment I decided I had to do it. It only took me six years to get there, but it did happen. With my friends Will and Tyler, and Tyler's adventurous dad Jack, I set off for Tanzania, and about a week later, the four of us were at the summit.
 Kili from a distance |  Our modest expedition |  The base of the mountain is jungle, doesn't feel like you're own a mountain at all |
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 Just getting underway |  Waterfalls make you cool |  Me with Leonse, our head guide. Leonse first climbed Kili at age 7, and his altitude sickness was so bad that his father carried him down and he swore he'd never climb the mountain again. Now he's a guide and has been to the summit over 100 times |
 Getting underway |  I don't normally take selfies, but... |  Tyler the gopher |
 What's left of the snows of Kilimanjaro |  Just two Wills, hiking in Africa |  #swag |
 from left to right: Will; Will; and Tyler |  Mark, one of our guides, and a very friendly fella |  The clouds followed up the mountain |
 Will and I posing at our base camp before the ascent |  One of my favorite pics, standing among the clouds |  It's cold at the summit |
 The shrinking glaciers of Kilimanjaro |  Not long ago Kilimanjaro was covered by glaciers, but sadly they've retreated |  The sun rises over Uhura Peak, the summit of Kilimanjaro |
 We reached the summit just in time for the sunrise, and it was beautiful |  Uhura Peak: 19,340 feet. The altitude was really getting to us, so some folks were literally falling over as this pic was taken |  Looking down from the summit. Can you spot our base camp? |
 A well-deserved rest on our way down from the summit |  Feeling accomplished |  A view from our descent |
 In a classroom in the village of Arusha. I look confused, probably because I don't read Swahili |
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