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Kilimanjaro picture galleries

October 10, 2021Blog postslarsonweb

Machame Gate

Our group at the Machame gate.

Our group at the Machame trail start.

Rocky trail.

In the Shira Cave.

Trailside accomodations.

Heading up through the jungle and the rocks.

Our group in the Pristine Trails office.

Rocky trail near Lava Tower.

Muddy jungle trail on the way down.

Hiking.

McKenzie and Matt reviewing the rocky climb up.

Joe at base camp.

Sam and Joe at the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Last view of Kilimanjaro out the airplane window.

Clean boots at the bottom. See muddy boots picture.

Certificate of summiting.

Muddy boots at the bottom. See clean boots picture.

Climb Down Kilimanjaro. Rocks!

Rocky trail into base camp.

Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel

Moshi market.

Snacks on the street in Moshi.

Moshi market.

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Hyena

A flock of Toyota Land Cruisers in their natural habitat. Stopping for lunch.

Gnus. Wildebeests. Same thing.

Kilimanjaro from the hotel bar.

Rain forest. Jungle. Africa.

Twiga. Giraffe. Same thing.

Kilimanjaro Videos

October 9, 2021Blog postslarsonweb

Kilimanjaro Travels. Hiking, driving, flying, even some singing.

Simba Masai performed at the Escarpment Luxury Lodge.

Tanzania is coming to eat our lunch

October 6, 2021Blog postslarsonweb

I went to Tanzania in eastern Africa recently and climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. There will be pictures and a writeup on that. Some of what I saw there made me think.

Continue reading Tanzania is coming to eat our lunch →

Let’s Climb Kilimanjaro

October 6, 2021Blog posts, Uncategorizedlarsonweb

Eldest kid Sam was coming off several months working in a COVID ward in New York City and wanted to do something big before she started medical school in August 2021. Some of her medical buddies suggested going hiking in Iceland, because Iceland was letting people in. With COVID testing, of course. Other voices thought going to Africa and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro would be fun. Tanzania was also letting people come. We climbed Mount Fuji in Japan in 2014. That was fun and a real adventure. How much harder could Kilimanjaro be?

Lots harder, as it turned out.

Continue reading Let’s Climb Kilimanjaro →

Picture book of Claude and Mary Warren

September 16, 2020Blog posts, Claude Warren Archiveslarsonweb

This was apparently a gift to Dick Warren on the occasion of his Ph.D. from Stanford. It is a collection of pictures of his parents Claude and Mary Warren and their life growing up.

PhD Stanford 1966 complete Download

Ave Maria multi track experiment

August 25, 2020Uncategorizedlarsonweb

I’ve been experimenting with recording myself singing multiple tracks of a song, and sometimes with a video. Here’s my first crack at Ave Maria, the Franz Biebl arrangement.

Jean Larson interview on May 30, 2018

May 30, 2018Blog postslarsonweb

I asked my Mom a bunch of questions about her life and she had a lot to say. After we were done, she added, “I really liked to darn socks. The little cross stitches.” That didn’t make it into the recording.

Interview Mom 5-30-2018

Audio from Claude Warren

September 11, 2016Claude Warren Archiveslarsonweb

Deborah (Warren) Schwarz came up with some great old recordings from Grandpa Warren. Click to play the MP3 files. If you need a copy of the MP3 files let me know.

This first one is “Hopeful Aspects of Racial Conflict” by Claude Warren. Released: 1957.

\"Hopeful Aspects of Racial Conflict\" - Claude Warren

Next we have “This is my Life”.

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Dick Warren interviewed Betty in 1994.

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And finally, a 1957 interview with Paul Jones on segregation. Mr Jones was a black Birmingham parole officer for the juvenile court.

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