Hello everyone:
We are exactly 3 weeks away from departing for our climb of Kilimanjaro (now known to us all as "Kili Klimb") We continue to train in the Santa Monica mountains... tomorrow we will be departing on another 5 hour hike departing HappyHill at 6:30am. I did a little retail therapy last night at REI, purchasing a few "necessities" such as warm thermal pants for nightime sleeping, and cozy slippers to wear while I do my afternoon needlepointing. Bill and Donna continue to remind me that I need to focus on my hiking boots, wool socks, and rain & snow gear. All in good time dearies!
If you are interested in a bit of a preview of our climb, check out the website summitonthesummit.com This is a documentation of a group of celebrities (Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch), musicians, and general do-gooders (Gore and Kennedy offspring) who just completed the same climb we are doing. They did the climb in a fundraising effort to promote the need for worldwide clean water. A group of Hewlett Packard techs traveled with them so there are a lot of photos and videos. (Pluuuzzzz it's interesting but won't hold a candle to MY blog...) I just purchased a few new camera batteries, am getting my D80 Nikon cleaned inside & out, and will be purchasing a small point and shoot just in case a scene emerges and I can't find my big camera to shoot it ("Oh Porter...Porter...can you hand me the other lense? Oh not that lense, the other one... oh why is my battery saying it's run out... I need another battery... oh where did that sunrise go??? What the #&$*%! is that flashing icon?? GRIFFY where are you when I need you???")
As always...stay tuned!!
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