TALK & SLIDESHOW: High Hopes in Tanzania - Hiking the "Other" Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro
SPEAKER: Cecilia Elwert
WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 7 P.M.
WHERE: Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury (75 Main Street)
Sponsored by the Green Mountain Club's Bread Loaf Section
Join us as Cecilia Elwert takes you through her nineteen-day trek to Mount Meru, the second highest mountain in Tanzania, and the warm up trek, 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro.
While the presentation focuses on the two peaks, there are side trips to Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Parks and countless beautiful animals. But the highlight is being among the locals, and one example is the planting of trees on property soon to be housing for retired porters.
Cecilia is a GMC hike trip leader and a former Bread Loaf Section board member, and maintains nearly four miles of trail on the Long Trail System. Long ago she worked as a GMC hut caretaker and ranger naturalist (now summit caretaker).
Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. For more information about this event, visit Green Mtn Club Bread Loaf Section's website at www.gmcbreadloaf.org

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