http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/ My first high-altitude mountaineering expedition http://images.fotki.com/logo3.gif http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/ http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/05img1554.html In Arusha
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/05_IMG_1568-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:49:04 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/05img1607.html These snails were huge (15 cm each)
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/05_IMG_1617-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:56:36 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/05img1623.html 05_IMG_1623.jpg
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]]> http://images21.fotki.com/v840/photos/1/164949/4625303/20_IMG_1629-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:01:16 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/20img1628.html Porters' briefing
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]]> http://images22.fotki.com/v813/photos/1/164949/4625303/20_IMG_1641-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:08:03 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/40img1644.html First glimpse of Kibo (main peak of Kilimanjaro)
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/45_MachameShira315-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:15:43 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/50shira007.html Clouds clearing over Shira Cathedral
]]> http://images21.fotki.com/v842/photos/1/164949/4625303/50_Shira007-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:16:20 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/50shira013.html Mt. Meru (~20 km away)
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v697/photos/1/164949/4625303/55_ShiraBaranco015-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:21:25 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/55shirabaranco502.html 55_Shira-Baranco502.jpg
]]> http://images52.fotki.com/v1568/photos/1/164949/4625303/55_ShiraBaranco502-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:21:29 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/55shirabaranco506.html First snow -- elevation 4400 m
]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/55_ShiraBaranco506-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:22:33 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/55shirabaranco509.html Everyone's wearing Asolo
]]> http://images30.fotki.com/v42/photos/1/164949/4625303/55_ShiraBaranco509-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:22:41 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/60baranco015.html 60_Baranco015.jpg
]]> http://images22.fotki.com/v811/photos/1/164949/4625303/60_Baranco015-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:23:14 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/60baranco409.html Baranco Camp (camp #3) -- elevation 3950 m
]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/60_Baranco409-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:23:21 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/60baranco509.html View of Kibo and Baranco Wall from Baranco Camp
]]> http://images50.fotki.com/v1559/photos/1/164949/4625303/60_Baranco509-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:23:27 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/65barancowall505.html Climbing Baranco Wall
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]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/1/164949/4625303/65_BarancoWall509-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:23:41 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/65barancowall515.html Top of Baranco Wall -- elevation 4250 m
]]> http://images22.fotki.com/v813/photos/1/164949/4625303/65_BarancoWall515-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:24:41 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/70karanga503.html Karanga Camp (camp #4) -- elevation 4000 m
]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/70_karanga503-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:24:46 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/70karanga505.html View of Mt. Meru from Karanga Camp
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/70_Karanga511-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:27:10 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/75karangabarafu209.html 75_Karanga-Barafu209.jpg
]]> http://images109.fotki.com/v786/photos/1/164949/4625303/75_KarangaBarafu209-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:27:16 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/75karangabarafu519.html Right below Barafu Camp
]]> http://images21.fotki.com/v840/photos/1/164949/4625303/75_KarangaBarafu519-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:27:27 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/80barafu011.html Barafu Camp (camp #5) -- elevation 4600 m
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/80_Barafu109-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:28:19 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/80barafu411.html With Mt. Mawenzi in the background
]]> http://images22.fotki.com/v813/photos/1/164949/4625303/80_Barafu411-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:28:25 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/80barafu415.html Mawenzi in the last sunlight
]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/80_Barafu415-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:29:00 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/80barafu421.html Group photo before the final ascent
]]> http://images21.fotki.com/v842/photos/1/164949/4625303/80_Barafu421-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:29:04 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/85stella409.html 85_Stella409.jpg
]]> http://images52.fotki.com/v1568/photos/1/164949/4625303/85_Stella409-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:29:09 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/85stella509.html Stella Point -- elevation 5732 m
]]> http://images52.fotki.com/v1567/photos/1/164949/4625303/85_Stella509-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:29:18 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/85stella511.html 85_Stella511.jpg
]]> http://images50.fotki.com/v1559/photos/1/164949/4625303/85_Stella511-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:29:20 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/85stella515.html On the crater rim
]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/85_Stella515-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:30:00 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/90uhuru107.html One of the glaciers (the thickness is ~10 m)
]]> http://images22.fotki.com/v809/photos/1/164949/4625303/90_Uhuru107-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:30:06 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/90uhuru109.html 90_Uhuru109.jpg
]]> http://images50.fotki.com/v1572/photos/1/164949/4625303/90_Uhuru109-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:30:10 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/90uhuru111.html The summit is just a few steps away
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]]> http://images116.fotki.com/v698/photos/1/164949/4625303/90_Uhuru317-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:33:31 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/90uhuru409.html View of the crater floor from the crater rim
]]> http://images21.fotki.com/v842/photos/1/164949/4625303/90_Uhuru409-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:33:47 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/90uhuru411.html View of Mt. Meru from the summit of Kilimanjaro
]]> http://images21.fotki.com/v840/photos/1/164949/4625303/90_Uhuru411-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:33:54 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/90uhuru417.html View of Mt. Mawenzi on descent
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v692/photos/1/164949/4625303/90_Uhuru417-th.jpg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:34:44 GMT http://public.fotki.com/vokinhsalak/tanzania-2007/kilimanjaro/95millenium107.html View of Kibo from Millenium Camp
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