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since i didn't make it last time, i'm planning on going back and doing the machame route again. is there anyone else interested?

Interested: Yes
Want to: Yes

Likely, no I was so close to being able to go on this last one and the money/time off and everything else is not an issue this time around. However, I think I want to time it so that I can use Kilimanjaro as a kick off for going RTW. That would mean the eaerliest would be Dec. 2007.

Daisy, you're killing me...

Of course I want to go!!

Why do you want to do it Daisy?

And what would you do differently in Dec 06.

M

Plus I am probably going to have an EPIC trip to somewhere not announced yet!

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Originally posted by Madhu:
And what would you do differently in Dec 06.

summit!

i just really want to go back to tz.. i'm in love with that place. ok well, i say that about every place i go to, but this is the first time that i have an actual reason to go back (which would be to summit kili).

so.. anyone in?

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Plus I am probably going to have an EPIC trip to somewhere not announced yet!

Don't you dare!

I am so totally in. I could go last time around because I had out of towners visiting that I couldn't ditch... but this time around I'm already saving!

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Originally posted by Donovan:
Plus I am probably going to have an EPIC trip to somewhere not announced yet!

I'm salivating...

"not I," says the girl with frostbite still affecting her thumb

awww rachel, joey, we would've loved you on our trip..boo to bosses and out of towners!!!

biggest tip to those interested...pack your mountain essentials in your carry on bag!!! argh! oh yeah, and huge ass snow gloves are worth their weight in gold (I was too cheap to buy them).

Gloves are bad - use huge ass fleece lined MITTENS with a pair of very thin polypropylene glove liners. And use the chemical hand warmers if necessary.

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Originally posted by Donovan:
Plus I am probably going to have an EPIC trip to somewhere not announced yet!

what a tease! How about a hint!

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Originally posted by Chuck:
And use the chemical hand warmers if necessary.

But damn those chemical handwarmers don't work at 19,000 ft!!! As we tried em out at Stella Point...doh!

Chuck, your mittens really were HUGE ASS mittens! looked so warm!

Hmmmm, not sure why your handwarmers didn't work - mine did (I had them in my pockets when I loaned out my huge ass mittens up there). They work best against bare skin (or against those thin liners like I mentioned). They could have been old, though, that might have been the problem.

Chuck

im in, mabey.

I want to fly into south africa and work my way up to kenya tho. dont know if i can get there by december.

and xoom, i know what its like to get your ass kicked by a mountain. are you going to do any different or special training. or just eat your body weight in Diamox before you set off?

What kind of pricetag are we looking at?

Is it too late to get in on this? I'd love to go.

Is this being independently organized or is it a BnA expedition?

There's a slight possibility I might be interested. Ok, there's a huge possibility I'm intrested, but a slight possibility that I might be able to go.