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Kilimanjaro Jan 3, 2024

Today we woke up at 6am, packed up, and ate breakfast. The night before it had been super cloudy so we couldn’t see the view, but we woke...

Kilimanjaro Jan 2, 2024

Today we woke up at 6am, packed up all of our gear and went to breakfast. I had my caffeinated hot chocolate and porridge. Then I packed...

Kilimanjaro Jan 1, 2024

Today we woke up at 6:30am, packed up all of our things, then ate breakfast and left. It was a nice and sunny morning, and we had a great...

Kilimanjaro Dec 31, 2023

Today we leave to climb Kilimanjaro. The past two days, we arrived in Arusha, met our team and packed up. There are seven other climbers...

Kosciuszko - November 22, 2023

Today I woke up at 6:45 am to get ready for my first of the seven summits. Kosciuszko is the tallest peak in Australia but only has an...

Lessons learned - September 2023

It has been a month since I've been back reflecting on my experience in Bolivia. These are the main things I've learned. 1) Hard work...

August 21, 2023 - Illimani

Today we woke up at 12:30 am and put on all of our layers that we had set out the night before. Once we finished that, we put our huge...

August 20, 2023

Today, we woke up, had breakfast, and then started our hike to high camp. It would be a bit technical and five hours long. We first hiked...

August 19, 2023

Today we got to sleep in a bit because we were going to do a hike in the afternoon. We got up, had breakfast, and then relaxed for a...

August 18, 2023

Today we were planning on leaving at 11am, so we slept in again. Then we woke up and packed up our things. We said goodbye to Don and...

August 17, 2023

Today was our first day back in La Paz after going to Huayna Potosi. I think I slept the most I had ever slept before. My watch said I...

August 16, 2023 - Huayna Potosi

Today was our summit attempt on Huayna Potosi. We woke up at 1 am and were ready by 2 am. There were four guides and two people assigned...

August 15, 2023

Today we drove to the starting point of Hyuana Potosi, had lunch there, and then began our hike to our first and only hut. The hike was...

August 14, 2023

On August 14, we had our first rest day in La Paz and was super great. I slept for like 10 hours and then spent the majority of the day...

August 13, 2023 - Traeja

Today we were trying to summit our first big mountain. It is called Traeja and it was supposed to take around 10 hours to complete. In...

August 12, 2023

Today was our first day on the glacier. We woke up early for breakfast then headed out in our big mountaineering boots. One of the...

August 11, 2023

Today I woke up feeling really exhausted. I had a pretty bad headache, and my stomach hurt. I told our guide this and he said I shouldn’t...

August 10, 2023

Today we hiked to base camp which has an elevation of 15,380 ft. The hike wasn’t too bad, but my head hurt a lot, so I took some Advil...

August 9, 2023

Today we drove from Copacabana to our first camp. On the way, we stopped at a store where they made boats which was really cool. The...

August 8, 2023

Today we woke up, had breakfast and then headed out to explore a nearby island. We took a boat across Lake Titicaca to get to the island...

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