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Kilimanjaro Adventure |
| 2009.07.17 02:04:24 | |
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During the last month you’ve managed to climb on top of your boss’ expectations. How about climbing to the top of the Kilimanjaro in the next month? Let’s heat things up and head on to Tanzania, Africa. The Republic of Tanzania rests in central East Africa, to the shore of the Indian Ocean. Beautiful parks, white sandy beaches, and luxury accommodations – all make Tanzania the hottest place to be in for an adventure traveler. Elephants, lions, giraffes, hippos, you name it – they’ve got it. We know that the Bronx Zoo is lovely, but did you ever dreamed of witnessing a high speed chase between a lion and gazelle? If extreme is in your blood, you should defiantly try climbing the Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. There is nothing quite like standing atop of what is affectionately known as The Roof of Africa. Climbing the Kilimanjaro usually takes about a week. You should hook up with a local guide and head through lush forests straight into the mountain. Get ready to climb up to 15,000 feet per day, a climb which will lead you through the infamous Lava Towers and other magnificent views. You will pass through seven different ecosystems, ranging from rain forest to wide open scree fields, before reaching the icy snow-capped glacier at the summit. But beware! No sunrise will ever move you as the sunrise you will experience from the summit of the Kilimanjaro. .jpg) Limitless Adventures now offers three unforgettable weeks in Tanzania. We got a couple of slots still available for this summer. Call us now to (800)785-4240 Tags: Mountaineering | Hiking Hits: 3908 | Read more... |
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Mountaineering Safety |
| 2009.07.17 01:42:38 | |
Mountaineering is basically like hiking, but you have to leave grandma out of the picture. Let’s say you don’t just hike Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountaineering involves a more challenging hiking, and you’ll get to much higher attitudes. You also have to keep the next rules:
* Limitless Adventures believes that safety of the group is our #1 priority. This means that you will be traveling with expert guides who are trained to deal with emergency situations. Whether it’s a 3-week trip to Africa or a short backpacking trip in Colorado we always take the necessary precautions to make sure our clients return home safe. Tags: Hiking | Mountaineering Hits: 3656 | Read more... |
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Tanzania Adventure - August 2009 |
| 2009.01.01 14:00:00 | |
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Limitless Adventures is excited for this years African Adventure scheduled for 3 weeks in Tanzania starting Aug 11th. This adventure will feature 3 different and distinct activities beginning with climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, then moving on to some relaxing safaris in the Ngorongoro crater, and finishing up with some amazing scuba diving in beautiful Zanzibar. Limitless Adventures invite you to join us on this incredible life changing experience. Limitless Adventures has 10 slots available for the Kilimanjaro climb and 12 slots available for scuba diving and safari. Choose anywhere from 1 activity to all 3 for the avid adventurer.
Mt. Kilimanjaro will be the first stop in this life changing adventure. Limitless Adventures owner and guide Jason Saunders will be accompanied by our good friend and head guide Festo for the climb. While climbing Kilimanjaro you can expect to pass through 7 different ecosystems ranging from rainforest to wide open scree fields, and finally reaching the icy snow-capped glacier at the summit. It is truly an amazing experience that we at Limitless Adventures recommend to all adventurous souls. This will be Jason’s 3rd trip to Kili!
Safari in the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara is absolutely incredible, and for those who have never experienced the thrill of being 5 feet from wild lions you are in for a real treat. Buckle in and get ready because there is nothing like seeing elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, zebras, and so much more in there true environments. Don’t miss out on this chance of a lifetime.
Zanzibar will be the last stop on this Limitless Adventure to Tanzania, and Stone Town is magnificent. Once in Zanzibar we will take part in multiple scuba dives! The crystal clear water and amazing sea life make Zanzibar my absolute favorite destination for incredible scuba diving. The coral reefs are amazing and the colors and beauty of this underwater paradise is indescribable.
Please don’t hesitate to call our 800 number. We are always happy to answer any questions. Pricing soon to be announced for each individual activity. Hurry the spots fill quickly! Tags: Scuba Diving | Safari | Mountaineering Hits: 2940 | Read more... |
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The Ultimate Colorado Adventure |
| 2008.12.31 14:00:00 | |
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How would you like to experience Colorado and everything this beautiful state has to offer all in one trip? On this action packed adventure we will take you Skiing, Climbing, Rafting, hiking, and so much more! We will start the adventure in the front range with a little sport climbing in Clear Creek Canyon. Clear Creek Canyon is a beautiful climbing area with 100’s of routes ranging from 5.4, for the beginner, and up to 5.13 for expert climbers. After a hard day of climbing we will move on to skiing either A-Basin Ski Resort or a little back country at Saint Marys glacier depending on snow conditions. A little mountaineering will be next on the agenda for this trip, and depending on the shape of everyone involved we can climb up to 3 of Colorado’s 53, 14,000ft peaks. The next day of excitement we move on down south for some rafting on class 5 rapids in the Royal George, located just outside of Canyon City, CO. We will then head back to Denver for a good nights rest because a day on the boat is next. Spend the day relaxing or strap on some skis or a wakeboard on Grand Lake, located just minutes from the house in Winter Park. From there we will spend one or two days mountain biking at Winter Park Resort. This trip, like all Limitless Adventures trips, will be completely customizable by the client; or with a little information we can set up a trip itinerary with detailed information about everyday of your adventure.
Since most of our trips are high volume, high intensity activities that last all day, we need to have days to recuperate. Limitless Adventures offers many day off options including skydiving, biking, camping, spa, shopping and much more, that are less time consuming activities and sometimes less intense. This is a quick overview of one of our many trips. For more information on this or any custom adventure please leave a comment or call the #800 on the website. These trips will book fast so act now.
Limitless Adventures Crew
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Scout the Globe Africa - Limitless Adventures Summits Kilimanjaro |
| 2007.04.12 14:00:00 | |
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Off on another adventure and bringing in more people on the around the world scouting trip. We decided to spend some time in Africa climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with Jason, and Matt, Sandy and Christy. Mt. Kilimanjaro is the largest mountain in Africa as well as the biggest free standing mountain in the world at 19,335.6 ft. It is “The Roof of Africa”.
Sandy and Jason flew in from Colorado to meet Matt and Christy who were coming from Thailand and Australia on their 3 month scouting tour. We had a great reunion with friend and guide Festo Mtui (our head guide for the week), when he picked us up at the airport and drove us to the Ilburu Safari Lodge were we all met up for some dinner. Festo has been guiding clients up the mountain for many years and we first met him 6 years ago when Jason first climbed Kilimanjaro. A number of years later, Sandy had the opportunity to climb with Festo twice! The next day was spent prepping for the mountain and relaxing pool side. It was great catching up on stories from all the fun SMS Adventures were having all around the world; from home in Colorado to Australia and Thailand. The next 6 days were going to be tough so we hit the hay early.
Off to the mountain we went. At the gate all the bags were weighed and divvied out to the 12 porters including our guide, two assistants, a cook, and eight others. Day one went really smooth we all settled in to a really good pace after Emanuel (our assistant guide) told us to slow down “Pole-Pole” in Swahili. It was amazing seeing the vastness of the Kilimanjaro rainforest on day one. We would just be hiking and all of a sudden it would open up with beautiful views of moss covered trees and valleys, it was indescribable. We made it to Machame camp in about 6 hours, about normal speed for acclimation, signed in and had a great dinner. The Machame camp was almost at the top of the rain forest, where the trees start thinning out and getting much smaller just a great spot for the first night.
After a good night’s sleep we started off day two around nine. We ate a really good breakfast, packed up and started hiking. Day two was really cool, almost surreal. As we climbed out of the rain forest the fog rolled in and blanketed the mountain. It felt like we were in the movie Sleepy Hollow. We got a pace going keeping together and scrambling on the rocks as we traversed around and up the mountain to our next camp site. It only took four hours to get to Shira camp. At camp Festo took us and a Dutch couple we met on the trail to the Shira caves. He told us stories of when they use to sleep in the caves and build fires to stay warm. It was really good to have a guide that talked with us, ate with us, shared his stories and just wanted us to be happy. Most of the others would just help when needed and not interact with the climbers. That is why we will use Festo for all our future trips to Kilimanjaro.
Just like every day we started the third day with a big breakfast and packing up camp. It was a great day. We climbed to 4600 meters or 14,000 feet and then came back down to the same elevation as our last camp. Lunch was really cool. We got to eat at the Lava Towers (the highest point of the day) and we got to climb around on the lava rocks, a really nice break from all the hiking. Then we moved on back down to Baranco camp, another nice change…we actually went down hill. Matt and I did some Freestyle rock hopping that really scared our guides and cruised back down to 3900 meters where our camp was. It was a great day all in all. We all felt very strong and even though we left last of three groups we got to camp first. At camp we got our first site of the next days trail. Breakfast wall was going to be the start and I’ll tell you we were getting pretty excited.
Wow we were all really excited for our fourth day on the mountain. We had a lot to look forward to, Breakfast wall, some 5th class climbing and getting to our last camp. Breakfast wall was awesome after some initial scrambling Festo saw we had good technical climbing skills and took us up some harder sections he called short cuts. It was a ton of fun climbing around at 11,000-13,000 feet. It ended up being a really long day we went all the way to Barafu camp at 4600 meters. Most people stop at another camp to help acclimatize which is about 3 hours hike, but we were on a tight schedule so we kept on moving for a 6 hour hike to Barafu camp. We arrived at Barafu camp around 3:30 pm. Most people get some dinner and go strait to bed when they get to camp because they wake up at midnight. We actually got to relax and watch an amazingly beautiful sunset because we decided to sleep in a little and watch the sun rise from camp and then start hiking around 6:00am. Camp was great, we relaxed and got some great food then went to bed thinking about our summit the very next day.
I have to say sleeping in until 5:30am was the way to go…not only does it improve your chances of summiting but the sunset was terrific from camp. We got to eat a good breakfast in a warm tent and started hiking around 6:00am. The summit day is always hard and very slow. Moving to the summit we watched the sun rise and got nice and warm settling into a nice flow. While we were climbing, the top seemed to get further and further away but all of a sudden we saw it and it was so close. We arrived at Stella Point in five hours and finally got the first view of the summit about 45 minutes away. It looked so close and it was. Another forty five minutes and all six of us, Jason, Matt, Sandy, Christy, Festo and Emanuel were at Kibo Peak 19335.6 feet (5895 meters) the highest of the 3 peaks on the Kilimanjaro Mountain range. The Summit was so inspiring we had the glacier and the crater all to ourselves, the mountain was ours!! We stayed at Kibo for a while took some pictures and off we went for the two hour run down. It was almost like skiing down the sand we ran and slid the whole way. Back at Barafu we were all so ecstatic but we slowly settled down from our excitement and ate some dinner. We were happy everyone made it and very tired at the same time. Off to bed we went dreaming of nice showers and remembering all the stories of the mountain.
This was a great trip for the Limitless guys and the people who joined us. We had lots of good learning experiences of what to offer everyone down the road. We learned we have the best guide around and that summiting in the day improves your chances dramatically, even though we will offer summit sunrises if that’s what you desire. What an amazing mountain! I invite anyone who wants to climb Kilimanjaro to contact us. We will set you up with the best trip imaginable with the best people. Tags: Hiking | Mountaineering | Climbing Hits: 2830 | Read more... |
