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A Mountaineering Duathlon in Tanzania


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Andres in the Crater on Mount Kilimanjaro.


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On the roof of Africa, Andres felt like "sitting on a wing of an airplane".

Q. How do you describe this unique combination of biking and climbing adventure?
I call it a "mountaineering duathlon" that is what I can think of. This is my life experience. I never did anything like this before. I was wondering whether I could do it. I had the vision that this is something I could do. I did it. It was beautiful! It was beautiful as far as scenery, experience and spiritual aspects of being on these mountains but it was absolutely exhausting. It was a life time experience.

Q. You successfully summited Kilimanjaro. What are your comments?
I am very happy about it. I very much love the experience of summiting Mount Kilimanjaro. This is my first time on the mountain. It is the highest mountain in Africa. I hope in my life time to summit the highest mountain in each of the seven continents and this is a good start.

As I said before it is the most beautiful summit I have ever seen in my life. I never saw anything that wonderful, the sun coming up, the ice, the glaciers, the crater, the ash pit and all. It was a buffet, so to speak, of geological formations and colors and sights. It was phenomenal.



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