A few years back I did a little traveling. I climbed Kilimanjaro, took a boat ride to Antarctica, and was stung by a scorpion in Colombia. The two year journey opened me up to the power of living unconventionally--and to living in the moment. Right now I live in Manhattan, NYC--and spend a fair bit of time in L.A and San Fran.
Posted by Dave Ford
How do you climb Mt.Kilimanjaro in 5 minutes? Well, you don’t exactly. However, my editor Francis Cabatac makes it feel like you can and put together another amazing 5 minute short about two tall guys climbing a big old mountain in Africa while turning the big “3-0″.
I would really appreciate your comments on the [...]
Posted by Dave Ford
Without further ado, I am extremely proud to release the footage from our safari in Tanzania a few months back. It was produced and edited by Francis Cabatac.
Francis is extremely, extremely, extremely talented. He produces his own content–some of what is hilarious. His latest Youtube film is called Revenge of the Lip Syncher .
As always, [...]
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11:40pm
It is freezing. The wind is howling. We are waiting on some of our group to get up out of bed. Somehow Marv and I are awake, changed, and ready to go in ten minutes. Most of our group is here. What could possibly be taking Isaac so long? We are currently at 4600 meters [...]
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I just turned the big 3-0 while hiking the largest mountain in Africa. On top of that, my birthday has been the best day of the 8 day trek. Today we banged out the Barranco wall, a sprawling plateau smack dab on the side of Kilimanjaro rumored to be the hardest obstacle in our way. [...]
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Climbing Mt. Kilimanjar0- Day 3 on the Mountain
– I wrote this in my journal on the mountain.
I am sitting on the edge of camp watching the clouds draw nearer. Like clockwork, they are beginning their daily assault on us between 10:30 and 11:30 am. The sun vanishes and a cold breeze causes us to put [...]