In December 2004 we successfully summitted Africa’s highest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro, with Mike’s sister Mary and her husband, Jan. It was an unforgettable, life-changing experience.

Afterwards we all said the same thing ... we are very glad we did it ... but we never want to do it again!

01 Kilimanjaro 2004

01b The Team

02 Springlands hotel

03 View from hotel

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03b Driving to the mountain

3c Jan stops to play pool

04 Croplands at Kili foothills

05 Porters arrange our gear

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06 Children observe the events

07 Our porters and guides

08 Start of Lemosho Rt

09 Start of the trail

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10 Trail starts in the forest

11 Forest Camp #1

12 Day 2 - still in the forest

13 Leaving the forest

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13a Into the Giant Heather zone

14 Views of heather zone

15 Heather Zone

16 Porters catching up

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17 Incredible porters

17 Moorland zone in the rain

18 At last we reached Shira Camp2

19 Sunset over plateau

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20 Sunset and Uhuru Peak

21 The Shira Plateau

22 Out come the cameras

23 Relaxing at camp

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24 Night falls over the camp

25 Day 3 into the alpine zone

26 eery landscapes

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28 Amazing lichens

29 Sheltered lunch

30 Approaching Barranco Camp

31 Incredible vegetation

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32 Unique plants

33 The mists roll in

34 Misty camp

34b Uhuru peak appears

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35 Barranco wall

36 Heavy traffic up the wall

37 On top of Barranco wall

37a Karanga valley

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38 Lunch in Karanga valley

39 Kili ambulance

40 Into the summit zone

41 Summit zone

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41a Spanjola checks his cellphone

42 Pittsburgh Steelers even on Kili

43 Barafu camp

44 Final trek begins at midnight

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45 Sunrise over Africa

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47 Roof of Africa

48 Mike & crater

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49 Glaciers at summit

49a Cass & Johny at summit

50 Glacier

51 Melting glaciers

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52 on summit

53 Mary & Jan at Uhuru Peak

53a At Uhuru Peak

54 Exhausted Cass

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55 Mike & Johny at summit

56 The crater

57 We made it

58 We all made it

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59 Final camp

60 Return to the forest

61 Its nearly over

62 Receiving certificates

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63 Hakuna Matata

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