Quest for Beer - Africa (Tanzania)

Hello, here are some more photos from the trip.  This was dinner at Barranco Camp.

Hiking up Barranco Wall

 

Somewhere near the top of Barranco Wall

 

This was along the hike to Karanga Camp

Morning at Karanga Camp

Court (BootsnAll  employee from Apple Valley!) with Deanna and porter taking care of some morning chores.

Hike to Barafu Camp - looking back towards Mt. Meru (about 45 miles away).

Almost to Barafu Camp - see the profiles along the ridge?

Mt. Mawenzi

Barafu Camp

This was Mt. Mawenzi from near Stella Point (photo taking conditions were not that good).

Here we are at the last breakfast on Kilimanjaro - all are very happy.

This is what you look like after climbing Kilimanjaro.

I see that Jonathan has added many new photos to his flickr site.

This was a view of one of the glaciers near the summit of Kilimanjaro.

This was a view from somewhere near the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Here is a good group photo at the summit.

Yes, I’m holding a Summit Extra Pale Ale

This was Barafu camp on the way back down from the summit. This was the first time I actually got a full view of that camp. My tent was on the very far right about 15 feet from the edge of that 500 foot cliff - glad I don’t sleepwalk.

Jonathan has some amazing photos from Safari (the following photos are all from his set).

Cape Buffalo with a Yellow Billed Ox Pecker

Simba (Swahili for lion)

These things could move faster than you thought by the looks of them.

Warthogs

Here was the last breakfast on the mountain.

(Photo from Madhu)

Day 6: This was it, the time to test yourself. There was fear in everyone's eyes that night as we gathered in the mess tents for cookies and tea before setting off into the cold and windy darkness ... [Continue reading this entry]