As an organiser of adventure travel, I'm always looking for ways to experience my destination a bit differently. When I started to pull together the team for the climb, I met Whitney, the founder of Monochrome International. She introduced me to Hendry Teweli Mworia who volunteers for her. I feel strongly about working with local companies as much as possible, but trust is usually the missing link. In this case I knew that Hendry was a man I could trust, literally with my life, and I will count on him to ensure the safety of my team while also caring properly for his porters.
Eight of us, from the US and Australia, will start our climb on September 4th this year and take the Lemosho route over 8 days to reach the summit. We have been training for months, but only when we get to the mountain will we know how we react to the altitude and whether we will be able to reach the true summit of Uhuru Peak at 5,895m above sea level.
We know that our presence as tourists is double edged, so not only are we conscious about our choice of tour operator, we are also making the effort to give back more to the community that makes our climb possible.
If you believe in ethical tourism, want to see a little money make a huge difference and support us in our insane challenge to walk up the tallest free standing mountain in the world, please donate!
If we reach our goal of $1200 we can send a child to school for an entire year.
