While it may be true that I had an "incident" with the pee bottle in the vestibule of the tent, it was a teeny, tiny incident, and only someone like J. would bring it up. Also, it was freezing cold and no one would give me a light, so how was I supposed to know the lid was still on it?
We walked ten kilometers the day before the final ascent, had dinner, tried to get warm in our sleeping bags in our tent for a few hours, then woke up at 10:30 PM. We started at midnight sharp, and made it to the top 8 1/2 hours later. Then we went back down, and hiked another four miles to sleep at 12,000 ft. Not a bad days work.
From the top of Kilimanjaro. Amber and I got there a few minutes in front of Jill. Apparently, the Red Bull did not give her wings, and instead, slowed her down. Sorry about the camerawork, I wasn't doing my best thinking.
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K's Lists
Books I want to Read but haven't because they cost money and I don't have any.
1.) "Inheritance" by Christopher Paolini. We actually have this book, but I have always been scared to read it because it has 849 pages in it. I finally decided to read it though. I started 3 days ago and am on page 252.
2.) "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan. Even if I had money I wouldn't be able to read this because it doesn't come out until October 2.
3.) "Matched" by Ally Condie. It is the first book in a trilogy about a utopia. In the book the main character Cassia has just reached the age where she will be told who to marry. When her match is also her best friend she is thrilled. Even though she already knows everything about her match she is still given a microchip that has all the information about her match that she needs to know. When she opens the microchip two people show up, her best friend and her neighbor.
4.) "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak is set during world war two and is narrated by death. And I don't know much else because I haven't read the book yet.
5.) "The Demigod Diaries" by Rick Riordan. I want to read it but can't because It doesn't come out till August 14. Which is the day before my school starts so I will have just enough time to read it.
1.) "Inheritance" by Christopher Paolini. We actually have this book, but I have always been scared to read it because it has 849 pages in it. I finally decided to read it though. I started 3 days ago and am on page 252.
2.) "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan. Even if I had money I wouldn't be able to read this because it doesn't come out until October 2.
3.) "Matched" by Ally Condie. It is the first book in a trilogy about a utopia. In the book the main character Cassia has just reached the age where she will be told who to marry. When her match is also her best friend she is thrilled. Even though she already knows everything about her match she is still given a microchip that has all the information about her match that she needs to know. When she opens the microchip two people show up, her best friend and her neighbor.
4.) "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak is set during world war two and is narrated by death. And I don't know much else because I haven't read the book yet.
5.) "The Demigod Diaries" by Rick Riordan. I want to read it but can't because It doesn't come out till August 14. Which is the day before my school starts so I will have just enough time to read it.
6) "Wish You Were Eyre" by Heather Vogel Frederik. It is the last book in a series about a group of girls in a mother-daughter book club. They face the challenges of life and learn to overcome them with the help of their friends and families.
Places I want to visit:
1.) Beijing, China
2.) Antartica
3.) Budapest, Hungary
4.) Tokyo, Japan
Places I want to visit:
1.) Beijing, China
2.) Antartica
3.) Budapest, Hungary
4.) Tokyo, Japan
5) Sydney, Australia
6) and many, many more
Things I want to do:
1.) Create a Smash Book (basically it is a scrapbook); I'm working on it
2.) Get better at running (I am on the cross country team)
3.) finnish putting together my bunk bed. My dad made it for me awhile ago, and now we are repainting it from purple and pink to green and yellow
4.) Get a 4.0 GPA. I was close at my last school but not quite.
Things I want to see:
Things I want to do:
1.) Create a Smash Book (basically it is a scrapbook); I'm working on it
2.) Get better at running (I am on the cross country team)
3.) finnish putting together my bunk bed. My dad made it for me awhile ago, and now we are repainting it from purple and pink to green and yellow
4.) Get a 4.0 GPA. I was close at my last school but not quite.
Things I want to see:
1.) A glacier, I don't care which one
2.) The Olympics.
3.) our house with our shipment unpacked
4.) Everest
2.) The Olympics.
3.) our house with our shipment unpacked
4.) Everest
5 comments:
V. here... This last shot does look like the moon. (For me, Kilimanjaro and the moon ARE pretty much in the same category). WOW, YOU FOLKS!!!! are you really related to me? That getting up at 10:30 on the last day and all that hiking sounds exhausting!!!!!!!!!!!Terrific assult!v.
that is amazing! Congratulations! We loved all the videos! Thanks for posting.
sweet clips, kaka. well, i guess i can't blame you for pointing out that i got to the summit last, since i did point out your pee bottle incident on camera. hahahaha, that's worth it. but i will also say that the reason i got there last is because i got to Stella's point first, and i hung out waiting for you guys until i was loopy. also, we are all studs. also, i dumped out the red bull and filled it with water from emmanual's pack. nasty.
good footage of the baboons. that's national geographic right there. also, your voice sounds horrible in the summit clip. that really adds an extra something.
-j.c.
kili 09'
'snipe snipers'
i ditto everything jill said, except "kili 09"
but i think your incident is grody. and your voice does sound hard core. and you really did tell jill to touch the sign approximately four thousand times.
good job.
WOW! I have some adventurous cousins! Amazing experience I'll bet!
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