Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro climber and actress, Jessica Biel, was on the Jay Leno Show last night and talked about her climb to raise awareness about the global clean water crisis and her experience on the 19,340 foot peak. Jay showed some photos of the climb, including one that featured the entire group on the summit wearing their First Ascent gear!
Arusha, Day 8 4,600 feet
Inspiring. Surprising. Encouraging. That is how this trip has made me feel, encouraged. If a group of people this diverse can come together and push through rain, snow, headaches and physical difficulty to get to the highest point in Africa then imagine what we can do as a collective society Read More…
The SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT Team has reached the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro! 19,340 feet conquered in the name of clean water. Thank you for all of your support! More photos and videos to come of this wonderful moment.
Photo Credit Michael Muller
Caranga Camp, Day 4. 13, 200 ft.
Morning comes too early at 5:30 a.m., but tea at the tent door really helps. After waking this morning we all got ready for the most technical part of our trek. The route out of camp took us straight up the steep scramble of Barranco Wall. All of the climbers did really well, finding places to put their feet on the slippery rocks. After a few hours, we reached our high point for the day at 13,900 feet Read More…
Barraco Wall Camp, Day 3 12,900 ft.
After a beautiful night at Moyr camp, we headed out for our longest day yet. Today took us to 15,100 feet (a new high for most all of the climbers) and then down to our resting place for the night. The altitude was felt and seen, as we noticed many trees and bushes growing as we entered camp, quite different from the alpine zone of our high point.
Today also brought one of the many gifts Kilimanjaro gives – Rain. I capitalize because rain with a small “r” doesn’t do justice to the sky flooding down on us. At our lunch spot, we were assured that it was good that there was snow. I thought this was a funny thing for the guides to say until I realized all they meant was it was good it wasn’t rain. We dashed into camp (mind you it is hard to dash at 13,000 feet) and hung our soaking clothes in the tents to dry, while listening to the downpour outside Read More…
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