Gearing up for Kili!

What an incredibly busy week!  We covered a lot of territory.  We went very far north into the Serengeti and I think we were quite close to Kenya. I'll have to check later on a map.  We did see a bit of the wildebeest migration.  We had a successful safari and saw' a ton of animals'. (this 'keyboard is 'weird 'and 'I don't have' time to fix' the 'weird characters' 'so 'please 'bear 'with it"!!!)  One of the 'gals figured we spend over 50 hours in the 'vehicles 'this week.  "I think' that 'explains 'why 'I'm so exhausted"!  '"We arrived in Moshi last 'night '& wrapped 'up the 'Habitat 'portion of the trip. 

 

Some of the Kili team started the climb today, but 3 of us decided to wait and get a day of rest.  I'm VERY grateful for that!  The mountain looks enormous and we definitely will need to be rejuvenated before tackling it.  We are doing the Machame route and taking the Southern Circuit rather than the Western Breach.  The Western Breach is closed due to the rock slides several weeks ago.  Our plan is to do the trek in 6 days.  However, we can decide on day 4 if we want to extend it to 7 days if we need additional time to acclimate.  It's nice to have that flexibility.  The two I'm hiking with, Scott and Flo, will make for a great, supportive team for the trek.  We'll either love or hate each other by the end! :)  We should have a couple days after the trek to go to Zanzibar to celebrate and rest.  We will fly from Kilimanjaro airport to Zanzibar and then either fly or take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar ~ thank goodness no more long road trips!!

 

It will be at least a week before I can update you again since we will be on the mountain beginning tomorrow and there through at least Sunday or Monday.  Thoughts and prayers for a successful trip are appreciated! 

 

Til next week....

Love, Diana