Author Archives: nickimonson

Our trip begins June 12th when we depart from Chicago to Kilimanjaro via London and Nairobi, concluding with a short hop (on I’m sure a very small plane) to Kilimanjaro, approximately a 20 hour plane journey in total. The first part of the trip is our trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro.  We are going with our guideContinue reading “The Itinerary”

Why climb Mt. Kilimanjaro? I was inspired back in 2013 by Paralympian, Chris Waddell who journeyed to Africa to become the first parapalegic to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro unassisted. Chris spoke at a BP event on March 20, 2013 and told of his incredible ascent up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Read more about Chris and his One RevolutionContinue reading “Inspiration”