New Videos Added

We added two new video links to the web today. If you didn't see them, here they are:

How NOT to recruit for our expedition: Video

National Geographic on Kilimanjaro: Video

New Books

These are some new books I got that I realy like and they are about planning expeditions. These are important for the climb. We are working very hard to prepare for Kilimanjaro. These are really helpful to me for Climb A Volcano, there are tips about what to carry and how to be safe. I like these books because they have really cool pictures and my Dad's going to do the reading because there are some words I don't know.

LA Frite

La Frite was fun I had lots of good food and I really liked the hamburger and especially I liked the ice cream I had. I made a new friend, she is named Nickie and I like her. Nickie introduced me to some people I didn't know and they were really excited about Climb A Volcano. Nickie's little boy has the same middle name as I do. That is pretty cool. Maybe I'll meet him one day.

Christmas reading

I really like this Kilimanjaro book. It really has lots of beautiful pictures and it is really big. I got it for Christmas. I like it. I especially like the elephants on the back. I also got lots of maps of Tanzania and Kilimanjaro.


I like the animals. We are going to see the animals while we are in Africa.

We are especially going to see the giraffes because we are going to try and stay at Girrafe Manor. Here is a picture of it. The giraffes stick their heads through the windows when it is breakfast time. I don't know if they try to eat off your your plates - I would just move it away wouldn't you? I think they eat something different anyway.

More wristbands with Lisa, Sevag, Nayra and Ava

My friend Lisa from school got a wristband and I think that she is cool! I don't have a picture of her here but if I could I would have a picture. Thank you Lisa for buying a wristband.

My friend Sevag and Nayra are cool too. They bought five wristband!!!!! This is Sevag's picture (left), I don't have a picture of Nayra but I wish I had one. Sevag and Nayra are both great soccer players and they both got their first trophies. Thank you for buying five wristbands and helping me help sick people - the money could really help save someones life. Thanks for being my friends.

My cousin Ava (below) bought five wristbands!!!!! I think Ava is cool. We went to see Happy Feet together it was great and it was funny. There were penguins and leopard seals and elephant seals, there are no penguins or seals on Kilimanjaro even though there is snow and ice. But there is snow.

Look what I found

My dad found these photos of me in New York and I was climbing this big rock. This was good practice for Kilimanjaro. And it was lots of fun!

My mom was really scared when she saw these photos of me rock climbing. I was just a little scared of falling. My Dad was at the bottom and he was keeping an eye on me. I don't think my Dad could have caught me if I fell. That's a long way down. I want to climb the rocks again. My Dad didn't climb because he thought it was too hard. I hope I don't have to carry him up Kilimanjaro.

Look At Tommy's Wrist!!!

This is my friend Tommy and he is good at soccer and he has a wristband. This is him in his soccer uniform and I am on his team. Our team name is the Red Dragons. Tommy's dad is helping me with Climb A Volcano. Isn't it cool that our wristbands are red with white writing and our sign is white with red writing. Tommy is wearing his wristband in the picture.

Jennifer from Friends of The Global Fight talked to my dad on the phone and she is going to get us somebody to talk to in Geneva. That's in Switzerland.

A couple of my friends, Charlie and Dillon, like to go on the computer at school and we go on the website to Storybook Weaver and make pictures of Kilimanjaro. At school Dillon and Charlie say going to Africa is "going to be so cool!"

Contact Cards

These business cards are really cool. I like them because it says the website and the address and it says "Help Keats Climb Kilimanjaro." They look like they have the wristband on them. It says on them that you can go www.climbavolcano.org.

My friend, Sevag, was over here yesterday and he asked if he can have a wristband. I hope his mom lets him have one.

These Boots Are Made For Walking

I got these boots at a special store and I m going to walk and practice with these boots to be able to climb the volcano. I like these boots because they are tight on me and they feel good on me. There was a girl who helped me with these boots. She tested them out and I ran across the room to test them too. There was a thing that tests your foot to see the size to put the shoe that fits right on you. She told me to make sure that my ankle wouldn't slide up when I am climbing or walking. These boots are not the ones that I am going to climb on the volcano, these boots are the ones I am going to train in. I am so happy that I am going to climb the volcano. I am training to walk very far away. I play soccer and that helps too.

Wristbands

I am so excited that I got all these wristbands and the first one went to my friend Tommy. They are so cool. I think that people recognize the wristband. I want all my friends to have them too. I wear one, my dad wears one and my mom wears one too. My friend Tommy's dad has one and his mom too, and Tommy has one. They come in small, medium and large. They represent Climbing A Volcano, and the volcano's name is Kilimanjaro. The volcano is higher than 19,000 feet high.