Comments on: Kilimanjaro, Part 2: Shira camp, Moir hut, and a misadventure http://tangentry.com/2008/03/23/kilimanjaro-part-2-shira-camp-moir-hut-and-a-misadventure/ Business, technology, travel, wine, and whatever else seems comes to mind. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:19:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brooks http://tangentry.com/2008/03/23/kilimanjaro-part-2-shira-camp-moir-hut-and-a-misadventure/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Brooks Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:35:18 +0000 http://tangentry.com/2008/03/23/kilimanjaro-part-2-shira-camp-moir-hut-and-a-misadventure/#comment-361 Thankfully, it was only a light rain and not enough to make the rocks as slippery as they could have been. At the advice of my doctors, I started Diamox on the first day of our hike, since apparently AMS can be particularly unpleasant with mitral regurgitation. Luke, though, made the whole trip without chemical assistance. Thankfully, it was only a light rain and not enough to make the rocks as slippery as they could have been.

At the advice of my doctors, I started Diamox on the first day of our hike, since apparently AMS can be particularly unpleasant with mitral regurgitation. Luke, though, made the whole trip without chemical assistance.

]]> By: Kara http://tangentry.com/2008/03/23/kilimanjaro-part-2-shira-camp-moir-hut-and-a-misadventure/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Kara Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:02:36 +0000 http://tangentry.com/2008/03/23/kilimanjaro-part-2-shira-camp-moir-hut-and-a-misadventure/#comment-360 Was the wet volcanic rock as slippery as it gets in Hawaii? And is it as sharp? Many a time I had sliced myself open on the rock there without even knowing it, it was that sharp. Did you take Diamox before ascending or did that come later? Was the wet volcanic rock as slippery as it gets in Hawaii? And is it as sharp? Many a time I had sliced myself open on the rock there without even knowing it, it was that sharp.

Did you take Diamox before ascending or did that come later?

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