PHOTO Regina Pauly

“(My trip to Mount Kilimanjaro) was really good but also really hard. It took seven days to climb, five to go up and two to come down. Everyday we would go to a different camp and make camp and spend the night, and as soon as the sun went down it would drop to 30 degrees but during the day it was really nice. The farther we went up the mountain the colder it got, so on summit night it was negative 20 at the top, so we had to wear seven layers. Summit night was the worst night it was 15 hours of climbing and we started at midnight. It took eight hours up and seven hours down. Overall it was a great experience though, and I’m so glad I got to go.”