Uhuru Peak Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania. Here’s a short clip of the explorer’s lens expedition team making it to the summit. Many thanks to R D Vernon for allowing us to use the footage.
Uhuru Peak – Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania. After a seven day trek on Kilimanjaro’s Western route, more commonly known as the ‘Whiskey route’ we summitted Uhuru Peak on January 25, 2010. The highest point on the continent – 19,340 feet/5895 meters.
What’s not to like about a hike that quickly gets you above the treeline with gobsmacking views of fluffy snow draped peaks habouring an icefield that feeds 6 major glaciers? How about a quick non-technical hike and scramble up an adjacent peak (Mount Wilcox/Wilcox Peak) for even more impressive views! Many guide books and trail [...]
Holy smokes is Glacier National Park a hopping place this summer!!! For whatever the reason – economy, passports, cheaper gas – the park was the busiest we’ve ever seen it. Campgrounds filling before 8:00am, the Logan Pass parking lot resembled a Walmart during a Boxing Day blitz, and all the Going-to-the-Sun Road required was a [...]
Two weeks in August is not a lot of time for summer fun but we managed to squeeze in a trip to the mountains and cover a lot of territory this year. The “plan”: Jasper-Wells Gray-Prince George-Stewart-Hyder-Mt. Robson-home, the outcome: pretty close to the plan and the in-between bits were just as much fun as [...]
Johnston’s Canyon Banff National Park, Alberta Canada
