Mount Kilimanjaro

“Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai ‘Ngaje Ngai,’ the House of God.”

— Ernest Hemingway

We started our climb at the Lemosho trailhead

At Forest Camp there was a monkey that hangs around and eats climbers leftovers. We named him Frank.

Night two on the mountain, and we're already sleeping in jackets.

Once camp is set up, the porters waste no time before getting into their shared tents.

"Blue Steel"

Lava Tower camp.

Trying to sleep off an altitude headache.

Breakfast under the Lava Tower

Our eerie welcome to Arrow Glacier Camp

Sunset on the Western Breach. Tomorrow would be a grueling day.

Sunrise on the Western Breach

Samia catching his breath on the Western Breach

Our arrival to the summit crater was bleak...

...but soon enough, we needed sunglases!

The Northern Ice Field: Kilimanjaro's largest glacier

19,00 feet, the Ash Pit: the center of Kilimanjaro

The Furtwängler Glacier

The Western Breach get's its name for the whole it makes in Kilimanjaro's summit crater. 500 feet above our camp is Africa's highest point, the highest of the walls that form the top of this volcano.