Five African Mountains

After more than two months, it's come time to conclude.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it to Ethiopia.  Right before I left, ...

After climbing Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru is... empty.  Even though it's often used as an acclimation climb for Kili and is only about a two-...

Like I said, climbers tend to be relatively type-A people (notice the hyphen) who focus on technical details and like ticking climbs and mou...

I feel like my mention of Dick Bass and the professional-heavy casual climber crowd on Kilimanjaro warrants some further discussion.  The ar...

The climb/hike itself starts very gently.  The first day is only a half day, but you still make it 11 kilometers into the park.  Ruwenzori ...

Possibly aside from Mt. Everest in the Himalayas, Kilimanjaro is the most iconic mountain on Earth.  Europeans can recognize Mont Blanc and ...

It's probably because I watched too many movies and read too many fantasy books as a kid, but the journey to Kasese followed by the jour...