Kilimanjaro is on my bucket list, but it looks like I will not make it there.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > Your book will be something to see, Dan. Closest I will ever get to that > lot. Pity you haven't been to Africa - there are Ruwenzori, Kilimanjaro > & Kenya all in E Africa. The glaciers of Kilimanjaro are now almost > non-existent. Nothing to speak of in SA. The Boy Scouts went to > Kilimanjaro from Rhodesia on the back of a 5 ton truck in the 1950's. I > was too young. No organised tours in those days. They were completely > self sufficient & went up & down in 4 days. Nowadays you are forced to > go in organised groups - expensive 8-10 day round trips. > > Alan C > > On 05-Feb-21 05:51 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > My post a few minutes ago was flagged as being too large. Here is what I > > said (without the quotes of prior posts): > > > > Ann, we were at Portage Glacier in late June 1992. Greg's HS graduation > > gift was a trip to Alaska. NO cruise ship; 12 landings and take-offs; 4 > > train trips; two van tours; and two one-day sails, one on Prince > William > > Sound close and personal to the glaciers and one into the Kenai Fjords, > > plus 980 miles in a rental car, three hikes, and a white water raft trip > > out of Denali. Lee was teaching Earth Science then, and she wanted to be > > north of the Arctic Circle for the summer solstice. We celebrated it on > > the shores of the Bering Sea. > > > > We saw the video presentation in the Portage visitor center, after which > > they opened the curtains and the glacier was RIGHT THERE. Greg and I > > climbed up on it a bit, searching in vain for ice worms. <G> Now, one > has > > to take a boat from that visitor center across the lake to even glimpse > the > > glacier! Climate change is a bitch! > > > > We got so close to Blackstone Glacier that the waves from calving ice > > tossed our boat about like a toy. Blackstone was (then at least) one of > > the few Alaska glaciers that was still growing. > > > > As to Denali (or Mt McKinley), it is usually shrouded in clouds. I had > to > > argue with the train company and insisted on taking the train both north > > from Anchorage to Denali NP and again south back to anchorage. We never > > got a clear view of Denali on the way up, or during our three days in the > > park, but coming back to Anchorage it was out there in all its glory. > Greg > > and I went into the space between the cars to get a better photo > > opportunity. We got a fairly good image, but nothing to compare with > > Stan's! > > > > I am working on a photo book of a collection of my favorite mountains, > > including Denali, Fuji, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, the Eiger, Mt > > Washington, Rainier, Mt St Helens, Devils Tower, and, of course, El > Capitan > > and Half Dome. > > > > Dan Matyola > > > > > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon > > > > Virus-free. > > www.avast.com > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link > > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
