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		<title>No Shortcuts to the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was running during my lunch break.  I was trying to get lost in my music and feeling rushed to get back to work on time.  In other words, I wasn&#8217;t really paying attention to what I was doing.  As I came up to a turn I cut across the parking lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africans are so &#8220;out of touch&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent flight I overheard a gentleman seated behind me talking about some volunteer work he did in Kenya.  His church sponsors work to build wells in rural locations.  This is a worthy project and one I&#8217;m passionate about myself, with most deaths in the developing world a result of poor water sources. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Man I&#8217;ve Ever Met</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to dream about climbing mountains, of achieving greatness by conquering cliffs and peaks around the world; or writing a best selling book that might inspire thousands of readers.   But the recent loss of a dear friend has taught me what it means to be truly great. The man who taught me this lesson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join a Kilimanjaro climb&#8230;in 1909!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just heard about this project and HAD to share this story and images! Have you ever been on a flight and looked at a mountain thousands of feet below and wondered what its name is, whether it has been climbed yet, and if so, who was the first to do so? Using the Royal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 ways Kilimanjaro is like fatherhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I do a presentation about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro someone almost always asks me what mountain I plan to climb next.  And my response is always the same: &#8220;I have two young daughters right now and raising them is the mountain I&#8217;m climbing right now.&#8221; That leaves some of my more hardcore adventure fans lacking.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilimanjaro legends &#8211; Chagga folklore</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is an excerpt from Kissing Kilimanjaro: Leaving it All on Top of Africa.] A local Chagga legend explains how Kilimanjaro&#8217;s 3 great peaks softened from treacherous lava formations to the more hospitable mountain we know today.  Long ago, there were two neighboring giant volcanoes in East Africa: Kibo was the taller and grander, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your brain limiting your mountain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent lunch with a friend has had me thinking a lot about how I define myself; do I think more about the things that limit me (bad knees, have a cold, busy with kids, blah, blah, blah) or do I spend more time thinking about the things I want to do and accomplish (another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilimanjaro &#8211; What does the name really mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years Kilimanjaro has become synonymous with exotic adventure. Yet, surprisingly, the powerful name has no agreed-on translation. In the local Chagga dialect it can mean “Mountain of Greatness” or even “Mountain of Caravans.” In Swahili, Kilimanjaro might be “Shining Mountain,” “Mountain of the Cold Devils,” or even the unlikely “Little Mountain.” The nearby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Mt. Kilimanjaro&#8230;fascinating history of a mountain</title>
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		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/culture/meet-mt-kilimanjaro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[excerpt from Kissing Kilimanjaro: Leaving it All on Top of Africa] One hundred eighty million years ago, the continents as we know them didn’t exist. They were jammed together in one big land mass we’ve since named Gondwanaland. Slowly the continental plates separated and the various land masses ground across the earth’s crust, expelling tremendous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous Kilimanjaro Success Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.kiliadventures.com/safety/kilimanjaro-success-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/safety/kilimanjaro-success-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently an outfitter put out a press release about their 95% success rate in getting clients to the summit.  I have to say, my initial reaction was not positive.  When outfitters promote a success rate as the biggest reason to book with them people start getting summit fever and stop thinking about what&#8217;s really important, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilimanjaro Stories &#8211; Why Climb Kilimanjaro?</title>
		<link>http://www.kiliadventures.com/uncategorized/kilimanjaro-stories-why-climb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/uncategorized/kilimanjaro-stories-why-climb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[excerpt from Kissing Kilimanjaro: Leaving it All on Top of Africa] I used to wonder what would ever possess anyone to trudge up a mountainside on the far sides of the planet, into harsh, frigid winds and thin air, thousands of feet above sea level. For decades men have died trying to reach Earth’s highest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilimanjaro Summit Attire</title>
		<link>http://www.kiliadventures.com/equipment-climb-kilimanjaro/kilimanjaro-summit-attire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/equipment-climb-kilimanjaro/kilimanjaro-summit-attire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypothermia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, someone who read about my difficult Kilimanjaro climb in Kissing Kilimanjaro: Leaving it All on Top of Africa posted a question on Facebook about what to wear for the summit ascent. If you&#8217;ve read the book your know that on my first summit attempt I didn&#8217;t wear enough and ended up with hypothermia, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Times failure might be your best option</title>
		<link>http://www.kiliadventures.com/safety/failure-your-best-option/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/safety/failure-your-best-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I frequently talk to business audiences about climbing Kilimanjaro and the lessons it taught me.  One of the big lessons I learned is about the value of failure and that sometimes failure might actually be the best option.  I like to ask my business audiences what they think about that and if failure is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilimanjaro &#8211; Follow your dreams to the top of Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.kiliadventures.com/uncategorized/follow-your-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/uncategorized/follow-your-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have dreams.  And many of us have those dreams we&#8217;ve been nurturing for years, just waiting for the right moment or excuse to take action and go for it.  That&#8217;s what Kilimanjaro was like for me.  I had dreamed about climbing Kilimanjaro for years before I finally got off my butt and went.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Korea at midnight &#8211; the importance of planning</title>
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		<comments>http://www.kiliadventures.com/planning-travel/lost_in_korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ddorr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning & Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other night I was on the last flight to arrive at the airport for the night.  The concourse was silent except for the soft shuffle of our feet as we all rushed to get our bags and go home.  Looking around at the dark stores and empty seats it reminded me of a late [...]]]></description>
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