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Hey Jokeru,

I've not done much on mountains before (I dont live near any hills, let alone mountains.) but I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in the summer, which was one of the most incredible things ive ever done.

A couple of pictures from the ascent/top.

Cheers buddy, if you get the chance to do it definitely do! It was incredible.

Also, congrats on becoming the Jamaica NT coach

Last edited by brazilianblur at 05/07/2015 19:43:41

I do some backpacking. The last several years time has been more restrictive, so I have only been out about one or two weeks per year. I've compensated by really only planning life-lister type trips. Lets see...the last few were Mt Moriah Wilderness during a fairly unique set of astronomical conditions; a sometimes offtrail route to the base of the Grand Canyon, up and down some side canyons and slots, then back up. That was during the winter, so the top few thousand feet were under snow and ice. Dinosaur Natl Monument and Browns Park Natl Wildlife Refuge mixed in there. Before those there was a trip to Great Sand Dunes NP, a trek through a couple wilderness areas in the Wind River range in Wyoming and a rarely used section of Olympic NP. This September I'm headed to the North Cascades area for a week, probably to Glacier Peak Wilderness.

Sounds cool, im hoping to do some travelling in the states down the line, especially some of the rural/mountainous regions. I've only been to cities, want to see some of the great American wild.

Message me if you ever get the chance to plan a trip. I have a couple dozen more in my head still to do. I lived a couple years in the UK, and when friends visited they usually wanted to visit this or that city. That was really frustrating to me because I think US cities are pretty underwhelming if one is accustomed to many other parts of the world. My friends are all spread out, so I have some experience planning trips in every region within the contiguous 48. I'm from the flats of the midwest, so everything is exciting for me. A couple years ago Backpacker magazine consulted me as a "midwest expert," which I thought was kinda funny. I've done a little in Canada, mainly in Newfoundland. Still haven't been to Alaska at all. My son is 3 now, and my hope is that he enjoys the backcountry enough that I could take a two or three month road trip some summer in a decade or so.

I definitely will in a few years (money permitting)

Last summer I did a road trip from San Diego to Seattle and im a bit obsessed with the states, unfortunately i didnt have enough to get off the beaten track and only really experienced cities. Hopefully next time I can have much more time to explore some national parks and see some mountains!