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Here comes the presentation, that will be printed as photo book @ ePubli. Enjoy downloading and viewing Kilimanjaro2013.pdf (7 MB).

Instead they say “Welcome Again”. This is what the mountain probably wanted to say, when we flew extremely near by and had a last clear and perfect view to “him” 🙂 Mt. Kilimanjaro during sunset

While waiting at the Zanzibar Int’l Airport, checked through to Frankfurt it is time to see, how much money the local SIM saved us. According to the roaming cost of 0,79€ per 50kb = 15,80€ per 1MB our blogging endeavor … Continue reading →

While strong sun shine, went to the shade and prepared a best-off selection (139) Picasa album with captions (in German). Enjoy watching. https://picasaweb.google.com/101972095773266645354/Kilimanjaro2013?authkey=Gv1sRgCI_kub6G5fnBHw&noredirect=1 Location:Tanzania

Our hotel “Next Paradise” indeed deserves its name 🙂 Only disadvantage is, we have to share the pool with two other couples. Since we however prefer the Indic Ocean its all right now;-) Location:Tanzania

So far, we couldn’t tell how lucky the decision was, to skip a camp and climb the peak a day earlier. On our flight to Zanzibar, we could take a quick shot of the now snow white mountain. Indeed it … Continue reading →

At Kili Airport Location:Tanzania

Here are our traces up hill: 1. Machame Gate to Machame Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/100752763 2. Machame Camp to Shira Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/101543671 3. Shira Camp to Barranco Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/101544459 4. Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/101544577 5. Barafu Camp to Uhuru Peak … Continue reading →

As Sylvia assumed, we did not use our extra day for relaxation but visited a Maasai village. Good that we did it while having the opportunity. A Maasai warrior explained us everything Location:Tanzania

Location:Tanzania

Without them, no Uhuru Paek at all. Thanks to our porters. — posted from my iPhone Location:Tanzania

Thanks everyone for their congrats:-) Glacier on mount Kilimanjaro Location:Kibongoto Road,Moshi,Tanzania

— posted from my iPhone Location:Tanzania

Wilderness and endless rocks. Tomorrow at 5am it counts… — posted from my iPhone Location:Tanzania

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Now that we have a small spot at Baranco Camp, where there is in fact Internet, let us tell everyone, that we are good and our guides satisfied, how we mastered the test height of 4.600m. Therefor we might decide … Continue reading →

Written off line. There are three differences: 1. You cannot escape the real height 2. There is beautiful nature around you 3. There is real fresh air there — posted from my iPhone

This Post written while offline in the Shira Cave Camp. Today, we are supposed to give our best wishes to Alice and Jans Wedding. However we might not be able to accomplish this mission, as there is absolutely no signal … Continue reading →

This post written while offline. Hoping to get a signal in Shira Camp. Ines in front of Kilimanjaro in the morning sun

Written offline at Lava Tower. It looks like 4600 is a height that does not yet affect us, which makes our guides happy. — posted from my iPhone

We have reached 3000 Meters today. All is well only the internet is a bit unstable. So thats it for today.

Just had our first teatime. So nice guides and porters. View in the direction of the Shira Camp – our tomorrows goal. Pls keep on noticing, that internet connection is really slow and volatile. Just went 100m above the Machame … Continue reading →

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Just reached Machame Hut@3000m. Internet connection slow and volatile, therefor picture upload is difficult. Walk was 4:30h through the rainy rainforest. Will write more offline later today. So far it was great, our guide Carlson is very nice.

All stress @work left home and the stress to really make it to the bottom of Mt. Kilimanjaro left behind, we are now at the last “civilized” breakfast. In an hour, we are supposed to leave for 7 days in … Continue reading →

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After 24 h door-to-door, we met our guide Carlson already. He is the same who took the boss of Hoehenfitness Jena to the summit in January this year. We are now packed, sitting in the bar and look very much … Continue reading →

Well arrived in Addis Abeba, now waiting at 2300m altitude and 15 degrees celsius outside for the connecting flight to Kiliairport. Ethopian Airs cabin interior was at least 20 years old, crew however very friendly. — posted from my iPhone … Continue reading →

— posted from my iPhone Location:Westbahnhofstraße,Remderoda,Germany

Just bought the last pieces for the Kili adventure. Thus we think it’s time to thank all who helped in preparation: BCD Travel, who perfectly arranged the trip & the flights AT-Reisen Leipzig, who organized the (daylight)tour according to our … Continue reading →

today we had our 10th (last) altitude adaption training and reached 6001 m. We felt good at this height and therefor looking forward with optimisms to reach the real summit. Thanks to the super friendly and competent team of Hoehenfitness … Continue reading →

During the past 30 days, finally chosen XTPower® MP-S23000 Solar Powerbank (http://www.amazon.de/XTPower%C2%AE-MP-S23000-Powerbank-mobiler-Solarakku/dp/B00936CPXW) was able to charge my iPhone 14 times from an average low of 18% to full. Solar recharge requires 4 days in full sun, which is explained by … Continue reading →

Adaption to altitude works, it was quite comfortable @4.900m;-) — posted from my iPhone

In the course of our 4th altitude training, we reached 4.800 m. Blood oxygen level was quite good. Adaption seems to work:-) — posted from my iPhone

after our yearly summer garden party yesterday at http://www.gartenlokal-birnstiel.de/ we thought it would be harder to “survive” “walking” at 4000 m, but it was OK. May be it felt a bit like (still) drunken 😉 — posted from my iPhone

Today we had our first altitude training at an oxygen leval equal to 3.500 m above sea level in a row of 10 lessons. Learned a lot about blod oxygen level and how this training works. It went nicely. May … Continue reading →

Now that the decision was made for Runtastic, lets start publishing a few tracks, to get familiar also with Blogpress. http://www.runtastic.com/de/benutzer/Uwe-Grunewald/sportaktivitaeten/64911309 Midsize picture —– posted from my iPhone

After intensive investigation of many tracking apps (Trails, Northface, Smartrunner, Runkeeper, Runtastic and  more) I finally decided for Runtastic. Criteria were: Low battery consumption Easy upload and sharing Even though Runtastic has not the lowest battery consumption, it is the … Continue reading →

After quite some efforts with Telekom, to get rid of my SIM Lock, I made contact with a local provider in Moshi Town, who will provide a nano-SIM with unlimited data for 30 day at 9,90€.

After being neglected for 1/2 h in the Lauche&Maas store in Jena, even though we had indicated to be willing to buy our Kili-equipment today, we found a new store (INTERSPORT ADVENTURE) where we were immediately welcome and got perfect … Continue reading →

Visited various outfitters today and easily decided for Lauche&Maas (www.lauche-maas.de). —– posted from my iPhone Position:Magdelstieg,Jena,Deutschland

Well back home here comes the Album with some 250 best-of pictures

Puuh, what a nice warm weather 🙂 —– Posted from iPhone Position:Flughafen Frankfurt am Main,Frankfurt am Main,Deutschland

While preparing for departure, it is time to thank to – the iPhone, which was a truly value companion – the TomTom and the Alaska-map App, which perfectly guided us through the wilderness – almost all hotels, shops and restaurants, … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had a long 8 h drive from Dawson City back to Whitehorse with spectecular endless wilderness landscape. Yukon River 5 finger rapids —– Posted from iPhone Position:Steele St,Whitehorse,Kanada

Having been to the US for more than a week and getting back to Canada you can observe quite some cultural change despite food and everything else is quite similar. Canadiens tend to be less customer oriented. Americans show more … Continue reading →

It was very interesting to see the huge efforts man undertook for gold. Giant dredges like the below speek for its own. —– Posted from iPhone

No nugets but fun at Bonanza Creek —– Posted from iPhone Position:Harper St,Dawson City,Kanada

Very authentic – unpaved roads but no real saloon;-( —– Posted from iPhone Position:Harper St,Dawson City,Kanada

Yesterday we were pretty close to the polar circle when traveling crossing the US-Canada border. North of the road there is nothing fore sure. Looking forward to digging gold today. —– Posted from iPhone

Advertisement for Carl Zeiss and Clienthouse at the Alaskan/Yukon Boundary. Digger show us gold at an equivalent of 3.200$ (2 oz) —– Posted from iPhone

Finally and luckily we saw a wild Moose on our way to Dawson City near the gold camp “Chicken” —– Posted from iPhone

While we hope for a late summer in Germany, autumn aproaches in Alaska – first leafes get gold already. Met a woman from Ludwigstadt, operating her campground for 28 years in the wilderness. http://www.cathedralcreeks.net She confirmed, that arround Christmas daylight … Continue reading →

Yesterday night, we met a guy in the only bar of Tok, a 1000 people community in the middle of nowhere. Once he discovered we are from Germany we received a very warm and hearthy welcome and conversation started. Asking … Continue reading →

Today we will be travelling on the “Top of the world highway” to Dawson City, the legendary heart of the Clondike Gold Rush. Along the way we shall see a few smaller gold mining communities. Hopefully we will find them … Continue reading →

Having spoken about littering this mornining, we found a place called mukluk land, where someone turned litter into a business – cute. —– Posted from iPhone Position:Tok,Vereinigte Staaten

Isn’t that cute? —– Posted from iPhone

The much we like this endless free country, there is one thing we will probably never get used to. It’s the massive littering of all kind (specifically old cars) you find along the roads near the cities. People simply are … Continue reading →

—– Posted from iPhone Position:Old Airport Way,Fairbanks,Vereinigte Staaten

—– Posted from iPhone Position:Old Airport Way,Fairbanks,Vereinigte Staaten

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On our way to Fairbanks —– Posted from iPhone

—– Posted from iPhone Position:Front St,Nenana,Vereinigte Staaten

This picture is the best we could get from Mt. McKinley. It was taken from the closest point one can get to at a distance of about 60 km and at an altitude of 1000 m. The mountain only revealed … Continue reading →

On our way back out the park view on the Alaska Range. —– Posted from iPhone

Even though the iPhone is a great companion, it turns out that its camera is less suited for a wildlife photo safari as the below picture of a real Grizzly shows. —– Posted from iPhone

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The first wild animal @Denali —– Posted from iPhone

Today, we are taking the Tundra-Wilderness Tour into Denali Nat’l Park. Since O2 has disconnected us from internet access and Wifi is free for 30 minutes only, we’ll keep posting probably tommorow. —– Posted from iPad Position:George Parks Hwy,Cantwell,Vereinigte Staaten

First view 😉 —– Posted from iPhone

After having not seen to many attractions yesterday since we drove all the way back from Seward to Anchorage I’d like to mention today, the friendlyness of all the people we met so far. The Inlet Tower Hotel, where we … Continue reading →

This is the place, where Thomas Cook turned arround, when he tried to discover the North West Passage (Turnarround Arm) Today known as Beluga Point, where we did not see the Beluga Wale. —– Posted from iPhone

Alaska Salmon fresh from the Kodiak Islands —– Posted from iPhone Position:W 6th Ave,Anchorage,Vereinigte Staaten

While having visited magnificant exit glacier yesterday, we saw the impact of global warming. The glacier was way larger only 20 yrs ago. However scientists are not sure if its all man made. Today we shall discover Seward and Anchorage. … Continue reading →

Awesome —– Posted from iPhone Position:Exit Glacier Rd,Seward,Vereinigte Staaten

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center makes it possible to photo hunt much wild animals. Moose Brown Bear Bisons Elks Bald Eagle —– Posted from iPhone Position:Vereinigte Staaten

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As I am in the back of our car today, I found something really weared. —– Posted from iPad

Even though, we haven’t seen Northern lights, it is an interesting experience to be in a region with sunset at 11pm and sunrise at 5am. It never gets really dark. The flipside of the coin: during winter it never gets … Continue reading →

—– Posted from iPhone Position:E Broadview Ave,Wasilla,Vereinigte Staaten

—– Posted from iPhone Position:Glacier View,Vereinigte Staaten

While we had quite a long drive yesterday, we wondered why the Alaska Highway had hundreds of random rough road sections. The reason was an earthquake back in 2002, that destroyed the only man-build thing in that region – the … Continue reading →

Highest mountain of Yukon – 6050 m —– Posted from iPhone

We are striving to take the very most scenic pictures of Kluane Lake —– Posted from iPhone

Very scenic —– Posted from iPhone

Finally, we arrived in the Alaska timezone – slept well for 9 hours in a superb clean 4 star hotel in the middle of nowhere (how on earth could one build such a hotel here?) Anyway, today is supposed to … Continue reading →

Alaska in Summer 2011 —– Posted from iPhone

Luckily, we were able, to photograph a Blackbear at the roadside of Haines Hwy. —– Posted from iPhone

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Unfortunately we were unable to take a picture but we promise, we saw a Grizzly on Haines Hwy. —– Posted from iPhone

Chilkat River Valley (Bald Eagle Preserve) Bald Eagles seen with Carl Zeiss Binoculars —– Posted from iPhone

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—– Posted from iPhone Position:Lutak Rd,Haines,Vereinigte Staaten

Today we are heading towards Haines via Ferry. Even though you should not pay the ferryman before he takes you to the other side, our prepaid voucher was accepted;-) Looking forward to free Wifi in the next Hotel in Haines … Continue reading →

Cold and dark in Germany, not so in Alaska —– Posted from iPhone Position:1st,Skagway,Vereinigte Staaten

Pacific Ocean + Glaciers in one view. Where on earth can one experience this, except in Skagway, the gateway to Clondike? —– Posted from iPhone Position:Broadway,Skagway,Vereinigte Staaten

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