Off to Base Camp number 2!!!! Nothign can stop me now!!!

Tues. June 19^th 9:23am

We are looking at Kibo Peak on the left and Mowen’s Peak on the right. Beautiful blue sky sunny day……this place almost looks like Arizona or something.

Tues. June 19^th 10:18am

We’re walkng through what we call the “moonland zone.” Everything looks just like uh rolling hill prarie…… I look off to my left and I see a mass of clouds….We’re already above 10,000 feet. Feels great! Warm temperature. Already had to shed a few layers. I look off to my right and I just see rolling hills. Straight ahead are two peaks, and we’re heading towards the snoooow. It’s gonna be a good afternoon!

Tues. June 19^th 1pm

Walking through the moonscape still. This area looks like Eastern Washington - so familiar. We passed by a little off flow of glacier water and uh nice cool breeze running off the mt. The clouds are starting to roll over the hills, starting to uh get to a little cooler air now. It’s quite nice!

Tues. June 19^th 1:07pm

Get text from Liz in Moshi asking how we’re doing and wishing us the best! Technology always amazes me – climbing a massive, 19,000 ft. mountain and we still have cell signal. But of course.

Tues. June 19^th 2:04pm

We just passed 12,000 ft. above sea level. I’m officially higher than I’ve ever been before on foot and uh yeah, feels great! Feeling really weak in the legs but, looking forward to taking a rest here, we’re almost to camp and uh, I get the rest of the day off soo – whoof! This is something else up here. Probably the most BORING landscape in the world; but uh, that’s okay – it gets better – once I can see the mountain again.

Tues. June 19^th 2:30pm

Roll into base camp number 2 annnnnd find out that I can have a shower!?! COLDEST stinking shower of my LIFE! Glacier water over a toilet?! Quite strange.