Originally I re-started this website so that people could track my progress on a blow-by-blow basis of my ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. But it occurred to me that once the campaign was over, it’d essentially be a “dead” site. After all, it’s not like I’m going back to Tanzania to Read more…
While on Mount Kilimanjaro I received an email from Paul Senz, a contributor to the National Catholic Register, among other publications. He had stumbled upon this blog before I started ascending and followed along day-by-day. Not knowing whether I’d summit or not, he reached out to me to see if Read more…
From the beginning I knew that going on this trek to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro would attract some attention. A Catholic Mass at the top of Africa is the sort of thing that just doesn’t happen very often. Two priests of the Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) did it Read more…
19 years ago, before I entered the Dominican Order, I was a successful businessman checking things off a bucket list. One of the items was a climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. Back then I wasn’t in the greatest of shape. A desk job coupled with a Read more…
On the way off the mountain and back into the town of Moshi those heading home (including myself) had to make a stop at the regional Health Ministry Hospital to get a RT-PCR COVID-19 test. Everyone exiting Tanzania must take this test before they can get on trans border public Read more…
The Lemosho Route is said to be the most beautiful route for a variety of reasons. The primary reason being that it is the longest and therefore it travels through many different micro climates. We start at the extreme west end of the park and travel almost to the east Read more…
Twelve years ago my provincial asked me to spend my residency year (year of apostolic work during my education and formation) at our mission parish in Mexicali, Mexico. It’s a boarder city about two hours east of Tijuana right across from California. I didn’t really want to go, but I Read more…
Flying overseas these days requires a great deal of patience. COVID-19 restrictions, procedures, and regulations change constantly, and various countries implement them differently. What was true yesterday isn’t necessarily true today. Furthermore, not even the airlines know all the details. Case in point, a Delta flight en route from the Read more…
I’ve been working on the Internet since its inception, back when none of us had any idea that it would take off the way it has (and imploded several times). There are always difficulties with managing load. I remember a client of my company that was an online retailer back Read more…
This past weekend I was in Las Vegas doing supply work at the parish of St. Bridget. St. Bridget rectory was not available so I got to stay at St. Christopher’s which is a couple of miles away. Fr. Miguel Rolland, OP is the parochial administrator there so we got Read more…