Add to my repertoire of things I never thought that I would spend my afternoon doing: sewing up holes in my mosquito net. A group of Norwegian physicians arrived this weekend for a tropical medicine conference. Some of the volunteers are traveling for the week. I am staying with Phil and Iren who have graciously taken me in. Thus, I have a new room with a new bed and new mosquito netting which needed a little help to be effective.

This weekend I climbed Mount Harang with Phi, Iren, Erik, Asta, and Eli. Mount Harang is the fourth highest mountain in Tanzania. It is 3,420 meters (10,260 feet for the Americans who think in feet). We traveled approximately 2 hours from Haydom to Katesh where we spent the night at Summit Lodge. The hike took about 12 hours traveling at a leisurely pace. It was amazingly beautiful. There were parts of the hike that were quite steep and we did a bit of scrambling. I loved it. We climbed to 2 peaks with incredible views of the Great Rift Valley.