A few years back I set off to travel the world. The journey enabled me to swim with Amazonian pink dolphins, summit the highest peak on the African continent, and sail below the Antarctica circle. The 1 1/2 year trip netted me a worldwide troop of friends and stories out the ying-yang. Currently I live in New York City and have decided to write about the energetic madness that occurs here on a daily basis.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Kilimanjaro Day 2: 6am
This entry is from my journal:
Last night was downright freezing. We were under the impression that we would at least be comfortable for a few days before the cold would set in. So much for escaping the Northeast winter. Tonight I am most definitely pulling out the long johns.
Yesterday was our [...]
