\nKilimanjaro<\/strong> may not be the challenge that is Everest<\/strong> or K2<\/strong> (or reading Finnegan’s Wake), but I’ve read Into Thin Air<\/a>, and I assure you, if I’m going to hike any continent’s highest mountain peak, I’m going to choose the one where I can wear shorts and a t-shirt throughout most of the trek.<\/p>\n

But, as seen in this article<\/a> (a perfect Friday read: long-form, escapist, has nothing to do with work) about one guy’s adventure up the mountain, Kilimanjaro is no walk in the park (it’s estimated that only 40% of the 22,000 climbers<\/a> who attempt the climb yearly make it to the summit).<\/p>\n

As the author recounts on the morning of the final ascent: “We progressed up the switchbacks for a good four hours, stopping only briefly because of the cold. No one took any photos. I felt my heart laboring, and tried to repress irrational fears of it exploding in my chest.” I can relate, I sometimes have the same feelings on the subway during my commute in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kilimanjaro may not be the challenge that is Everest or K2 (or reading Finnegan’s Wake), but I’ve read Into Thin Air, and I assure you, if I’m going to hike any continent’s highest mountain peak, I’m going to choose the one where I can wear shorts and a t-shirt throughout most of the trek. But, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2569,1,2562],"tags":[3277,307],"yoast_head":"\n