Trip Down Memory Moutain

Neal Garvin, a fellow trekker on Kilimanjaro, sent a CD of photos he made on the climb and safari. He also made videos and put those on DVD. Neal shipped the disks to me from Connecticut two days before I was leaving for Africa. I watched the videos yesterday for the first time. Oh, what memories of freezing mornings, cheerful porters and not being able to walk and breath at the same time! Neal did such a fantastic job documenting our trip I'm posting some of his photos here including; our trek up the treacherous Western Breach (I'm at the end of the line); Joann (Neal's wife) and I on the roof of Africa overlooking the clouds; and an interior view of Ole Dorop's hut. This last picture is quite remarkable because the hut interior was totally dark. Even after our eyes adjusted, we could barely see, yet we continued to talk and interact normally. Neal didn't tell us he was about to take a picture, so when he snapped, he caught Ole Dorop in mid-laugh. Only later did we look at the photo and know what the inside of the hut looked like. You can read details about our Kili climb on this blog (December 2004).