Author Topic: travel thread (Read 1347924 times)

Ksuminnesotacat · « **Reply #12201 on:** September 29, 2019, 09:18:24 AM »

K-S-U voted to be GE’s Minister of Travelocity ! Awesome stuff

steve dave · « **Reply #12202 on:** September 29, 2019, 09:43:19 AM »

Nice pics KSU-dub!

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Cire · « **Reply #12203 on:** September 29, 2019, 02:58:24 PM »

Sweet pics

What shithole country are you in?

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DaBigTrain · « **Reply #12204 on:** September 29, 2019, 03:50:44 PM »

Looks amazing there

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #12205 on:** September 29, 2019, 11:46:55 PM »

On our way to Barafu Camp. Kibo loomin large.

This is why you bring your own toilet.

Barafu Camp, Elevation 15,250. We “sleep” here for an afternoon before midnight summit attempt.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #12206 on:** September 30, 2019, 01:09:31 AM »

Don’t want to miss the bathroom in the dark - that’s a 500’ cliff.

Mt. Meru above the clouds.

Time to try to sleep for a few hours....

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #12207 on:** September 30, 2019, 01:14:44 AM »

After five freezing hours, exhausted, Stella Point at sunrise. We made it! From here an easy stroll along caldera rim to summit.

The massive caldera below.

Glaciers way bigger than I imagined.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #12208 on:** September 30, 2019, 01:26:13 AM »

Paragliders taking off from Stella Point. Sadly, this man crashed and died seconds after this picture was taken. Saw the whole thing. It was horrible. Really sad. Rumor is that his wife was also waiting to take off and saw it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/5967899/canadian-death-mount-kilimanjaro/amp/

Here’s what we ascended in the dark. You can just see high camp in the distance, 4,000 feet below.

8manpick · « **Reply #12209 on:** September 30, 2019, 06:31:39 AM »

Well that’s all pretty great except for the whole part where the guy died

steve dave · « **Reply #12210 on:** September 30, 2019, 08:16:12 AM »

There are surprisingly shitloads of people up there.

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ChiComCat · « **Reply #12211 on:** September 30, 2019, 09:16:59 AM »

Pretty incredible

Trim · « **Reply #12212 on:** September 30, 2019, 09:29:54 AM »

What do you get if you get to the top of this thing?

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #12213 on:** September 30, 2019, 09:30:14 AM »

Well that turned dark pretty quickly.

michigancat · « **Reply #12214 on:** September 30, 2019, 09:33:17 AM »

why is there so much hiking at night

star seed 7 · « **Reply #12215 on:** September 30, 2019, 09:46:37 AM »

So you can see the sunrise at the summit

mocat · « **Reply #12216 on:** September 30, 2019, 10:58:56 AM »

those glaciers are crazy looking

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #12217 on:** September 30, 2019, 11:42:08 AM »

Quote from: Trim on September 30, 2019, 09:29:54 AM

What do you get if you get to the top of this thing?

You get a snazzy certificate (which appears to have printed on a circa-1999 inkjet). And a trove of kickass pictures.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #12218 on:** September 30, 2019, 11:46:36 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on September 30, 2019, 09:33:17 AM

why is there so much hiking at night

So this is something we wondered, too. It had a little bit to do with weather possibly rolling in in the afternoon, although you could start hours later and still be fine. Our guides acknowledged that one reason is so that you can’t really see just how daunting the ascent is. You just have to keep trudging until sunrise. I’m not sure that’s a good reason to freeze. Man it was cold. About 4am is when people really started breaking down.

Trim · « **Reply #12219 on:** September 30, 2019, 11:49:24 AM »

33, make me a certificate of climbing this thing and put some EMAW stuff in k-s-u-w's pics. T-Y.

Cire · « **Reply #12220 on:** September 30, 2019, 02:57:13 PM »

In CO hiking needs to be finished early in the afternoon because static electricity and freak lightning etc. Wonder if it's the same there...

DQ12 · « **Reply #12221 on:** September 30, 2019, 03:28:47 PM »

Yeah that part where KSUdub got a picture of the guy right before he died was nuts. Pics are crazy cool though.

Spracne · « **Reply #12222 on:** September 30, 2019, 03:41:31 PM »

I feel like Dub really buried the lede about watching a man die. Holy crap. You don't seem very affected by that?

Spracne · « **Reply #12223 on:** September 30, 2019, 03:44:25 PM »

The views were spectacular. It was VERY cold at times. Here's some class 3 terrain. Watched a man violently die. The food cranked out from the mess tent was surprisingly tasty!

michigancat · « **Reply #12224 on:** September 30, 2019, 03:52:44 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on September 30, 2019, 03:44:25 PM

The views were spectacular. It was VERY cold at times. Here's some class 3 terrain. Watched a man violently die. The food cranked out from the mess tent was surprisingly tasty!

lol yes