DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Monday, March 18)
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
Mohamed, our assistant guide and another friend on Kilimanjaro, led us uphill from the Machame Gate. It’s ALL uphill from here, starting at 6,000 feet (1,830 meters) and ascending to 19,340 feet (5,...
DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Sunday, March 17)
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
“And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.” - Luke 22:43 (ESV)
I shared during worship an email I received yesterday about a house pastor in China who'd been arrested...
DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Saturday, March 16)
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
More than 50 guides and porters showed up for evangelistic training at Pastor Mosha's old church in Marangu. It was our best turnout in several years.
In the end, after many disruptions and interruptio...
DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Friday, March 15)
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
We landed at Kilimanjaro airport at 3:15 a.m. local time and were reunited with old friend Yusuf, our guide on the mountain. It was after 5:30 a.m. by the time we got into our room in Moshi, completing th...
DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Thursday, March 14)
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
To paraphrase the words of my boyhood hero, legendary American novelist Kurt Vonnegut: In the air I am beautiful. As we fly – or even as we wait from one airport to the next – there is a gre...
DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Wednesday, March 13)
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
Today is GO day! “And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.’” (Mark 16:15, ESV). Surprisingly, only three of us answered the cal...
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About the mountain: Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania near the border of Kenya, about 330 kilometers (205 miles) south of the equator. Kilimanjaro is a massif that measures 60 kilometers (37 miles) by 40 kilometers (25 miles). It consists of three extinct volcanoes: Kibo (5,895 meters...
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How long have you climbed? Well, climbing more so recent — I&rsquo...
Randall McGarvey participating in the 2010 Canadian Ski-Orienteering championships.
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