pole pole, mzungu

We did it. All 19,340 feet of it. Four days. Another 7 hours and 24 minutes. Below-zero temps. The midnight summit climb, i.e. total darkness. 9.5-hour, 2-day descent.










This is what the top of the world looks like at sunrise.

Pretty dang sweet.

Keep checking back-- more photos are on the way along with a bit of narrative of my two weeks away from the farm with Critter: safari in Tsavo East, THE climb, a delectable culinary experience at Carnivore Nairobi and Simba Saloon, Lanet and Nakuru town proper, and safari at Lake Nakuru.

These two weeks are going to be tough to beat...ever. :)

tnick

idp

I visited an IDP camp today- delivered six maize sacks of clothing left by our visitors. Here are some numbers for you: 1,200 families or 6,000 individuals living on 6 acres of land on 21X24-foot plots in shitty {excuse my French} tents left by the UN. They have received no food rations from the Kenyan government since February, though they did receive some unga last month unexpectedly. There are 240 children who attend an improvised school there: no building, no chalk, no crayons, no books.




It's been two years since the clashes, a tribal war likely perpetrated or fostered in part by Kenyan politicians.

These are the people for whom the world needs to be saved.

Food for thought...

tnick