It’s 4 o’clock in the morning and we’ve been on the trail since midnight, still hours to go before we reach the summit. Our headlamps illuminate only about 4 feet of the path in front of us. Darkness envelops the…
It’s crazy to think that I’m off to climb Kilimanjaro today! Departure day has come so quickly. The past few weeks have been a crazy blur getting ready and preparing for Kilimanjaro. I’ve been doing a lot of research about…
In January 2008, I found myself on a mountain climbing in the pouring rain for days. I was tackling the Inca Trail on route to visit Machu Picchu. I figured, if I was going to visit this ancient city, what…