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Climbing down the Mountain

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August 15th 2010
So we got up bright and early and had a quick, small breakfast and started our trek down. The guide said it would have been about 4 hours and we did it in 2. I was hauling ass. I was extremely motivated to get the hell of that rock. Thankfully I wasn't hurting very much from yesterday. We had a bigger breakfast once we got down to the camp then left for the rest of the descent. We took a slightly ... read more

Africa » Tanzania

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more