Our group of 10 all made it to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro on Feb. 9, 2008 at 1 PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Uhuru Peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro - 19,340'
Our group of 10 all made it to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro on Feb. 9, 2008 at 1 PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
We Reached the Summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Hi Everyone!
I got back today from my trip to Tanzania that ended up being a wonderful experience. The good news is that I reached the summit (Uhuru Peak - 5895 meters, 19,340 ft.) of Mt. Kilimanjaro on Feb 9th at around 1 PM on what turned out to be a beautiful sunny, fifty-degree day if you can believe it. Some of the groups that made it up before us were not so lucky (i.e. <10 degrees and strong winds that enabled them to stay for only 5 min.). We were just very lucky in terms of the weather. We ended up staying at the summit about 45 min. and took plenty of pictures. I ended up getting some nice shots of me holding a t-shirt that had a picture of Olivia on it (thanks to Kim & Gene), a nice shot of the Koko logo, and a picture of good old "Flat Stanley" for FRCS. I will post some pictures so please check back.
I apologize for not updating the blog while I was gone - we had an issue with the satellite phone. Bill (from CA) was nice enough to let me use is satellite phone, that was working, a few times to call home - thanks Bill.
More to come...
I got back today from my trip to Tanzania that ended up being a wonderful experience. The good news is that I reached the summit (Uhuru Peak - 5895 meters, 19,340 ft.) of Mt. Kilimanjaro on Feb 9th at around 1 PM on what turned out to be a beautiful sunny, fifty-degree day if you can believe it. Some of the groups that made it up before us were not so lucky (i.e. <10 degrees and strong winds that enabled them to stay for only 5 min.). We were just very lucky in terms of the weather. We ended up staying at the summit about 45 min. and took plenty of pictures. I ended up getting some nice shots of me holding a t-shirt that had a picture of Olivia on it (thanks to Kim & Gene), a nice shot of the Koko logo, and a picture of good old "Flat Stanley" for FRCS. I will post some pictures so please check back.
I apologize for not updating the blog while I was gone - we had an issue with the satellite phone. Bill (from CA) was nice enough to let me use is satellite phone, that was working, a few times to call home - thanks Bill.
More to come...
Friday, February 8, 2008
2/8/08
Hi Everyone,
My dad called in the morning at about 6:30am and told my mom amd I that he was at 15,000 feet and he and his team were going to try and reach the sumit of Mt. Kilimanjaro tomorrow. He is very excited. He sounded well, but could only talk for a few minutes. My dad arrives home on Tuesday. If he calls again, I will post what he says. Hopefully he reaches the top! We're all routing for him! :)
My dad called in the morning at about 6:30am and told my mom amd I that he was at 15,000 feet and he and his team were going to try and reach the sumit of Mt. Kilimanjaro tomorrow. He is very excited. He sounded well, but could only talk for a few minutes. My dad arrives home on Tuesday. If he calls again, I will post what he says. Hopefully he reaches the top! We're all routing for him! :)
Saturday, February 2, 2008
February 1, 2008 - Arrive Africa
Hi Everyone~
Julia and Robyn here with a brief update...Michael's plane took off as scheduled from Logan on 1/31/08 at around 7:00pm. At 10:00 am (Holland time ) he departed for Tanzania, arriving pretty much as planned around 9:00pm. (We tracked the flights on the internet).
Africa is about 8 hours ahead of us here in MA. Michael called on Saturday at 8:00am Africa time to tell us he had arrived safely 12 midnight here). He also mentioned he was having a little problem with the SAT phone...so hopefully we'll get info from him and will try to update as quickly as possible.
Thanks again for all your friendship, love, and support.
The Wood Family
Julia and Robyn here with a brief update...Michael's plane took off as scheduled from Logan on 1/31/08 at around 7:00pm. At 10:00 am (Holland time ) he departed for Tanzania, arriving pretty much as planned around 9:00pm. (We tracked the flights on the internet).
Africa is about 8 hours ahead of us here in MA. Michael called on Saturday at 8:00am Africa time to tell us he had arrived safely 12 midnight here). He also mentioned he was having a little problem with the SAT phone...so hopefully we'll get info from him and will try to update as quickly as possible.
Thanks again for all your friendship, love, and support.
The Wood Family
Thursday, January 31, 2008
It's Time to Climb
Hi Everyone
A big thank you to all our family, friends and sponsors who have made this trip possible. I am heading out in 5 minutes. Please visit this blog while I am gone - the plan is for Julia to make an occasional post about how I am doing. I have a satellite phone - from World Communication Center - the number is 011-8816-414-61397
Thank you for all the calls, emails, donations (we have raised over 6k to date) and prayers (Mass was great on Wed am Fr. Dave - thanks) - Koko Fitness - thanks for the send off on Wed - you are the best! Robyn, Julia and family - a big hug and kiss. If all goes well I should be summiting on Feb 10th
Thank you
Robyn = 10 4
A big thank you to all our family, friends and sponsors who have made this trip possible. I am heading out in 5 minutes. Please visit this blog while I am gone - the plan is for Julia to make an occasional post about how I am doing. I have a satellite phone - from World Communication Center - the number is 011-8816-414-61397
Thank you for all the calls, emails, donations (we have raised over 6k to date) and prayers (Mass was great on Wed am Fr. Dave - thanks) - Koko Fitness - thanks for the send off on Wed - you are the best! Robyn, Julia and family - a big hug and kiss. If all goes well I should be summiting on Feb 10th
Thank you
Robyn = 10 4
Monday, December 31, 2007
NY Times Article on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Tom Bissells account of his climb up Mt Kilimanjaro (this is a great interactive video up the mountain - visit http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/10/26/magazine/20071028_KILIMANJARO_GRAPHIC.html#step2
One Step Closer
All shots for travel are now complete - last week I went to Mt. Auburn Hospital to start the process of getting all my shots for the trip. The first thing I learned while there is that trips to Africa and India require the most shots...lucky me! The first day I had shots for Typhoid, Tetanus and Hepatitis. I was also given 6 prescriptions to fill. I went back today (five days later) and had shots for Yellow Fever and a Polio booster. The good news is that I'm now set for life for most of these shots and the others are good for a 10 year period. Mt Auburn did a great job with the lecture I had from Dr. Lowd on everything from altitude sickness to staying properly hydrated - she was great - so too were all my nurses - many thanks to all of you!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Blue Hills: Skyline Trail Hike
Had a great hike this morning (Sunday 8 a.m.) up to the top of the Syline Trail at the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, MA. This is a photo of the trail about half way up.
At the top, I visited the Blue Hills Meterological Weather Station that just happens to be the oldest facility of it's kind in the U.S. - built in 1885. Talk about a cool looking place. Here is a link if your interested http://www.bluehill.org/
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