Mountains are Meant to be Climbed

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September 6th 2008

Published: September 6th 2008

Mt. Namuli is the second highest mountain in Mozambique, tipping the scales at 2419 meters. It also happens to be located in my province, right outside of a town called Gurue, which lies only about 5 hours from the city I now call home. Naturally, I had to climb it. Two other volunteer friends joined me, one, a health volunteer who lives in my province, and another who is a teacher in the province... Read Full Entry

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Jimmy Schneidewind

The Fresh Prince of Mozambique

For some reason, Peace Corps decided that it would be a good idea to accept me into their program and then to send me to Mozambique, or "the 'Bique" as the natives refer to it. No, that part isn't true, but the first part is. I will be serving in Mozambique for the next two years and three months, and I will use this blog to document my journey. My story is sure to include twists and turns, the likes of which are unknown to the common man, but then again, I am the Fresh Prince of Mozambique. Stay tuned "to see what happens when people stop being polite and start being real! The real world. Moz... full info

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take one

caught between a rock and a hard place

take 2

in a tight spot...ok, which caption did you like better of the last two? Actually, this was a fairly dangerous area. We are almost at the summit at this point, but the dropoff for here is quite far. Our guide was very helpful in this situation, which is understandable since he has probably made this hike roughly 378 times

The official summitt

my companion taking everything in as he stands in the prayer area that sits on top of the mountain

i tried again...

to be artistic

our hero

your friend, family member, acquaintance, ex-boyfriend, as high as he will ever go in mozambique

clouds

and people

crazy people

our mozambican friends still have energy to do this after climbing this mountain

footware

for you to see the difference between my hiking gear and our guides hiking gear...he made me feel like less of a man

not safe

this is what it looked like when we were coming down, on our butts. This is the steepest part, with a highest chance of dying if you fell. Just saying. So naturally, i took a picture.

ugly up close

3 am the next morning, leaving when the sun still hadnt shown its face yet

we were going the wrong way...

so one of the elders of the village ran up behind us to led us back to the right path

energy

written across our faces

the americans

one step at a time..

a beautiful sunrise

mozambique is actually quite beautiful once you get ugly americans out of the way

some harmless mountain goats....

minding their own business...

until....

I started chasing them and they ran away from me! A close encounter

how you cross a river...

with grace and humility

and how you cross a river...

with a total lack of respect for the river. What a show-boater

the big finale

this is what you end up looking like after walking to mt namuli, climbing it, and then walking back, all within 50 hours. Doesnt seem so appealing anymore, does it?

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