Jimmy Kaufman - Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Chapter 34: Day Nine

YAHOOOOOOOOOOO:)))))))))))))))))) ……. THIS AIN’T OVER:))))))))))))))))))))
….. OK ….. STARTIN’ WITH A MEMORY …..

………………….. :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

HERE’S ANOTHA MEMORY …..:))))) ….. THIS IS AN ‘OXYGEN SMILE’:)))))

….. THE MORNIN’ AFTER ….. :))))) ….. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?:)))))))))

….. THIS TREK IS 10 DAYS LONG ….. 8 UP ….. 2 DOWN

….. ‘N IT TOOK 8 DAYS TO GET A BRA HANGIN’ ON A TENT ….. !!!!! ….. :))))) ….. THAT’S THE MEANIN’ A LIFE:)))))

….. IT TOOK TOOOOOOOO LONG:)))))

….. WOW …. FROM DOWN HERE AT 15,000 FEET ….. YOU CAN SEE THE GLACIERS AT 19,340 FEET

…..TOP RIGHT OF THE SNOW CAP …WOW …. WOW …. WOW ….. WAVIN’ GOODBYE:)))))

….. SO I MUSTA MOVED A DIAL ON THE CAMERA ….. SO THE NEXT FEW PICS CAME OUT WASHED OUT ….. TILL I NOTICED AND DIALED BACK …. :)))

….. BUT WASHED OUT WAS THE FEEL OF THE MOMENT

….. YA WE WERE HEADIN’ TO A SHOWER ….. IT’S BIN 10 DAYS …..

….. YA WE WERE HEADIN’ TO A TOILET ….. IT’S BIN 10 DAYS …..

….. BUT WE WERE LEAVIN’ AN EXPERIENCE ….. WE WERE LEAVING A CHAPTER …..

….. WASHED OUT ….. PHYSICALLY ONLY ….. WE HAVE MEMORIES :)))))

….. WASHED OUT WAS TRUE ….. BUT STEP BY STEP DOWN …..

….. AWAY FROM THE THRONE OF AFRICA ….. OUR STRENGTH IN SPIRIT GREW ….. IT WAS ALL GOOD …..

….. IT HAD TO BE ….. :)))))

….. CAUSE THE THRONE OF AFRICA KNOWS ….. YOUR AS CLOSE TO HER AS YOUR MEMORIES

ONE LAST LOOK BACK …..

….. AND WE STILL HAD EACH OTHER ….. BONDED FOREVER IN LIFE OVER THIS ….. :)))))

….. AND DOWN THERE IN THAT FOREST ….. THERE’S SOME GOOD SHIT TO COME ….. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA:))))))

….. SO WE WERE HEADIN’ TO 10,000 FEET FROM 15,000 FEET …..

….. I WALKED SLOWER TODAY ….. ME N’ PASTORI ENDED UP DOING IT TOGETHER …..:))))) ….. THANKS PASTORI:)))))

….. I WANTED TO TAKE PICS ….. TO HAVE MEMORIES ….. OF EVERYTHING …..:)))))

….. AND WE ARRIVE AT CAMP ….. AND THEY HAVE COCA COLA!!!!!:))))))

….. IT’S BIN 10 DAYS SINCE LIQUIFIED SUGA:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

….. AND SIMON SHOWS ME HOW TA OPEN A COKE BOTTLE WITH ANOTHA COKE BOTTLE :)))))))))

….. SO AFTER A FEW LAUGHS AND A FEW HOURS ….. THE GAME ENDED ….. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF ….. WHAT CAN I DO:)?

….. LOOKIN’ AROUN’ ….. YA …. THE THOUGHT CAME TO ME ….. I NEVER SEEN THE KITCHEN TENT ….. THEY MUST BE COOKIN’ DIN DIN ….. I’LL HAVE A LOOK

….. ALL THE TENTS LOOK THE SAME ….. WHICH ONE IS THE KITCHEN:)))))

FOUND IT …..

….. IT WASN’T WHAT I THOUGHT ……

….. I IMAGINED STOVES ‘N FRIDGES ‘N TABLES ‘N COUNTERS :)))))

….. AND THIS MADE MORE SENSE:))))) ….. WHAT I SAW MADE WAY MORE SENSE …..

SO HERE WE HAVE ALL 4 GUIDES, ALEX THE CHEF IN BLUE …… AND FRENCH FRY CUTTER ON THE GREEN CAN:)))))

….. SO THE GAME BETWEEN ME AND THEM WAS TO CATCH A PHOTO OF A FALLIN’ FRENCH FRY IN MID AIR …..

WE TRIED A COUPLE DOZEN TIMES ….. HERE WE GOT CLOSE:)))))

….. HOMERUN!!!!!:)))))) ….. THIS AFTER NOON WAS BECOMIN’ A BLAST …..

….. COME TO THINK OF IT ….. THOSE CANS REMIND ME OF OUR TOILETS:))))) …..

….. BUT EVERYTHING IS COLOR CODED ….. OUR TOILETS ARE YELLOW:)))))

I HIT THE STREETS ….. LOOKIN FOR MORE ACTION ….. PIC PIC:)))))

….. ELIAS ….. THE MAN WHO MANAGED TENT CITY …… THE HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION

…… THE MAN WHO MADE TENT LIFE ….. PACKING OUR DUFFELS UP EVERY MORNING …… ALWAYS A LITTLE EASIER ….. WHICH MEANT A LOT:)))))

….. REALLY ….. AT THE TIME I TOOK THIS I WAS THINKIN’ …..

….. HEY I GOTTA BE IN THE SHOW:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

….. GOOD THING I GOT MY CAPS DONE:)))))

….. THIS IS WHERE THE COKE DEALER WAS …..

THIS MAN WAS INSIDE SELLING COKES …..

WE ASKED IF HE WOULD TAKE A PICTURE …..

HE INSISTED TO COME OUTSIDE FOR IT ….. WHERE IT COULD BE DONE WELL …..

HE TOOK NICO’S HAND IN A HANDSHAKE ….. AND THIS GUY IMPRESSED ME ….. SO MUCH:)))))

GOOD NIGHT TO THE LAST NIGHT COMIN’ UP ….. IN TENT CITY …..