So here I am. Tucked away in a lodge in Tanzania, so close to Kilimanjaro I can almost feel its shadow caressing my body. Just a little more than a year ago I swore I'd spend my 51st birthday climbing Kili, one of the Seven Summits, as the tallest mountain on each continent are called. I'm five days late. I'm okay with that.
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H.S.P.
7/27/2017 04:14:53 pm
Enjoy the journey, even when it's a struggle.
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Ellis C. Barthe
7/27/2017 04:53:17 pm
Loss lightens load, we pass over the bar and into a safe harbor.
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Sharry
7/27/2017 05:18:15 pm
You go, Jill! We haven't met yet, but as two daring redheads, I am sure we will someday! I am praying for you and will be shouting your name when you summit.
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Lorraine Dion
7/27/2017 07:00:58 pm
You are amazing, Jill!
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Mary Fountaine
7/28/2017 12:43:08 am
So. Stinking. Excited. You're THERE. My God, you're already a success. You said you would go and you WENT. And sometimes luck doesn't favor you and (I know you know) shit happens so as much as I want to see the picture of you on the top of that mountain, middle fingers at the sky, just the fact that you're THERE makes me tear up. I am so, so, so proud to know you.
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Vivienne
7/28/2017 03:48:38 pm
Go Jill -- thinking about you!
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Betsy Loveless
7/28/2017 11:28:03 pm
Go Jill I'm so proud of you know matter what! You are a inspiration to all! You got this!
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Rebecca Bingham
7/30/2017 08:11:21 am
It's Sunday morning here, and I'm whispering prayers for you with each sip of coffee. Many of us are waiting for your first post, eager to hear you are safe, somewhere. I admire your courage, your persistence and willingness to leave it all on the mountain. xoxo
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Jonyl Adams
8/1/2017 09:42:23 pm
Kili is a serious mountain. I know people who have done it. It sounds like you take it seriously with your training and advice from someone who has done it. Africa itself can be a paradigm changing experience.
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10/17/2018 10:54:04 am
I am really into mountaineering, but I can feel that you've done a lot of things already that is regarding to this field. Well, we don't need to explain ourselves all the time. If you fee like you are still in the phase where you keep on asking yourself several questions, please always think that it's okay to get confused with the thing that's happening in your life. it's normal to have such outlook in life.
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Jill Gleesonis a journalist based in the Appalachians of Central Pennsylvania. She has contributed to Woman's Day, Country Living, Gothamist, Washingtonian, EDGE Media Network, Canadian Traveller, Country, Country Woman, and a host of other festive publications and websites. She is the travel editor for the nation's most beautiful publication, Faerie Magazine. Her column, Rebooted, is published across Pennsylvania. Email me!
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