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Show Fwy Peale: Som ONE STREET £00 little less than one 18 OARSHe EET _ year from now, various of members the world community will coming. Heber se to be fon East the Valley until late in the 20the its unique there is no equivalent tothe _ Sherpas of Nepal — a 10untain-dwelling people fea- tures: high = Century, and only then due to tourist interest. Thus, to — experience ee Africa oe moun- tains, warm people, and Olympic facilities built to. . Impress. It seems, howev- er, that some valley resi_dents. aren’t waiting until after the Olympics to return the favor. Matthew and Christian recently Tanzania, from Africa, having summited that continent's peak, highest Kilimanjaro, on February 4th. Matthew-a professor at BYU and free- lance writer Courier-says ways, for the that in some though, they still haven't returned. _. Christian—a senior and pre-law student at the Y— agrees: “At 19,341 feet, Kilimanjaro is a daunting mountain. Though it | brothers their father John joined on an expedition for the | Continental Adventure — ed Series. This program was _ except wil founded by John and associ- ‘Heimburger returned ous reasons, _. The ates in the mid-1980’s to build eluded personal us, | What mat so unique, he teamwork within it is conside Continental Airlines and has since backed expeditions to the Himalayas, the Alps, few degrees and the Basin. Amazon The River taiernnon Nee Runvere Be q Ae~ SOs aes equator in East d Kilimanjaro “the roof employees of porters porters, Expedition sought to put 16 Continental porters to : on fo: fe so it ended up quite a large g . . Africa.” Matthew was added to the group as the expedition’s writer, and Christian as an official photographer. protect us ae ire Se 2 elephants and buffalo,” _ “Tt was certainly a bit of nepotism on our part to get in with the group, but only either the would not always be their Mountain or best friends on the trail, At casy mountain increasing ” said Matthew. AG was not Everest by any body altitude, is forced the — to choose some survival functions — over others. Breathing and _ : means—we didn’t need oxy- _ circulation, for example, will gen, Crampons, or ice axes. —_ he chosen over appetite and = exception of the push to that at the precise time the ‘The approaches, with - thirst. The irony of this is the crater rim, were really glorified hikes on upper body most needs fuel and _ hydration, the normal Timpanogos. But the suc- climber will have littleorno only around 40 percent. I yp a cess rate on Kilimanjaro is interest in either. This sets potential backlash. think people underestimate “higher up.on the mountain. . its real dangers and usually pay the price by not making it to its summit.” Because the area’s vol- canoes are solitary and were historically seen as “PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN HEIMBURGER Matthew, Christian, and John Heimburger on the Roof of Africa homes of the gods, no mountain culture developed . All of the climbers on the trek had to deal with various irritants. Some had problems with digestion, some with headaches, some with nausea or vomiting. _ AFRICA continued on B5 => |