I realized I hadn't put up the rest of our pics (well, not really the rest... but more of them). Here you go -- some duplicates from the pictures in our blog posts here, but some other new eye candy if you hadn't gotten enough yet.
[gallery=45]
Showing posts with label Ethiopia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethiopia. Show all posts
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Ethiopian Death March
Lalibela tour
Trek Day One
Trek Day Two
In the event of an unexpected landing, please move quickly to an emergency exit, keeping in mind that the nearest exit may be behind you.
Trek Day One
Trek Day Two
In the event of an unexpected landing, please move quickly to an emergency exit, keeping in mind that the nearest exit may be behind you.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Spaghetti Math
Lalibela tour
Trek Day One
Abune Josef is the third highest peak in Ethiopia. A broad, sloping bench more than 2 miles across rises up to become the 4295 meter summit from the south, while the north face is a sheer granite cliff. This massive chunk of rock sits in the high afro-alpine 36 kilometers from Lalibela, above Agaw Berat, our second day’s destination.
[singlepic=2312,320,240,,center]
Now, if you’ve been paying attention and doing the math, you’ll deduce that, if Josef is 36 kilometers from Lalibela and our first camp at Ad Medhane Alem was 13 kilometers from Lalibela, our second day of travel is 23 kilometers, or roughly 15 miles. In fact, Agaw Berat is 23 kilometers away and climbing Josef adds another three, for an even 26 kilometer, 17 mile day. Starting at 11,000 feet and climbing to just over 14,000. Have I mentioned that Anastasia picked this trek?
Trek Day One
Abune Josef is the third highest peak in Ethiopia. A broad, sloping bench more than 2 miles across rises up to become the 4295 meter summit from the south, while the north face is a sheer granite cliff. This massive chunk of rock sits in the high afro-alpine 36 kilometers from Lalibela, above Agaw Berat, our second day’s destination.
[singlepic=2312,320,240,,center]
Now, if you’ve been paying attention and doing the math, you’ll deduce that, if Josef is 36 kilometers from Lalibela and our first camp at Ad Medhane Alem was 13 kilometers from Lalibela, our second day of travel is 23 kilometers, or roughly 15 miles. In fact, Agaw Berat is 23 kilometers away and climbing Josef adds another three, for an even 26 kilometer, 17 mile day. Starting at 11,000 feet and climbing to just over 14,000. Have I mentioned that Anastasia picked this trek?
Informal Tail Guide
Lalibela tour
I’ve learned a couple of things today. For one, there are tour groups that describe their trips in the most benign way possible to take advantage of your perhaps-optimistic assessment of your own physical abilities. Once they get you to commit, they go to great lengths to make you aware of that optimistic assessment by putting you on a trail with dozens of children that can run circles around you while carrying a 35 pound bag of barley.
I’ve learned a couple of things today. For one, there are tour groups that describe their trips in the most benign way possible to take advantage of your perhaps-optimistic assessment of your own physical abilities. Once they get you to commit, they go to great lengths to make you aware of that optimistic assessment by putting you on a trail with dozens of children that can run circles around you while carrying a 35 pound bag of barley.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Holy holy, Holy, Chanting Room
It’s 8:30 on Friday night and I’m propped up in bed next to AP, in our little round “hotel” room in Lalibela. At an elevation of 2600 meters, Lalibela is home to 25,000 Ethiopians, hundreds of goats and donkeys and eleven rock-hewn churches built in the 12th century by an Ethiopian Orthodox priest/king.
How the hell did I get here?
How the hell did I get here?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)