December 7, 2010
A day before the commencement of my annual charity event, the Mwalimu Nyerere/Mt. Kilimanjaro Charity Climb, I held a press conference in Moshi to publiscize the event and, through the publicity, solicit donations from the general public.
A day before the commencement of my annual charity event, the Mwalimu Nyerere/Mt. Kilimanjaro Charity Climb, I held a press conference in Moshi to publiscize the event and, through the publicity, solicit donations from the general public.
At the press conference I, second left, was joined by Mary Kalikawe of Kiroyera Tours, Jaffar Amin, and William Rutta of Kiroyera Tours and BUDAP.
December 9, 2010
As Tanzanians elsewhere marked Tanzania's 49th independence anniversary I
As Tanzanians elsewhere marked Tanzania's 49th independence anniversary I
December 12, 2010
On the way to the summit of Mt.
Kilimanjaro, at Karanga camp, at 3,900m
December 13, 2010
After a midnight to dawn trek we had reached Stella Point just before 6:00 AM on our way to the summit at that point about an hour's walk.
After a midnight to dawn trek we had reached Stella Point just before 6:00 AM on our way to the summit at that point about an hour's walk.
Freddie, on the right, guide to a Russian climber called Dmitry, posed with Kibo in the background as Solomon, my guide on the left, seemed to go into the Kilimanjaro shuffle.
At the summit, my guide Solomon, raised his hand in triumph. It was my third successful climb. It was his umptieth. The climber is always excited to get to the summit; the guides and porters are equally excited. Each successful climber tends to be generous with tipping the guides and porters.
December 15, 2011
It takes only a hot shower and a clean
set of clothes to begin to forget the sometimes harsh conditions on
Mt. Kilimanjaro. Back at Springlands Hotel in Moshi, the start and
end point of the Mwalimu Nyerere/Mt. Kilimanjaro Charity
Climb, Jaffar Amin emerged with his clean set of clothes.
Climb, Jaffar Amin emerged with his clean set of clothes.
Later, I on the left and our guide
Solomon, on the right, posed for a photograph with our sets of clean
clothes.
December 25, 2010
On Christmas Day, at a gathering in
Butiama, my jaw dropped when I saw this...
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