Travel

19.06.09

Jamie

When Dusted met Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

Earlier this week, I was invited along to my local Jelly session show as their special podcast guest to chat about Dusted’s plans to branch out into the United States. For the past few years, ‘local’ for me has been Charlotte, North Carolina where Dusted is soon to open its first overseas office. Read the rest of this entry »

03.06.08

Vilmar

Offf to Lisboa

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Offf festival in Lisbon, as a Dusted correspondent. The event, in its 8th edition, is one of the most exciting digital design festivals in Europe at the moment. It showcases top talents from web design to typography, motion graphics to installations, in a 3day marathon of talks, performances and workshops, lasting 10 hours each, uufff.

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05.10.07

Sarah

Summit for the weekend

KilimanjaroI made it back from the mountain! I’ve had a fantastic experience, although at times it felt like I wasn’t going to make it back. But then it also felt like the whole world had disappeared and all that was left was me, my frozen extremities, a never-ending slope of loose rock and a few disembodied head torches. Read the rest of this entry »

29.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 7

Summit Day! Barafu Hut to Uhuru Peak: I made it! Left camp at 10pm Friday and got to Stella Point at 7am. Exhausted. Freezing. Hungry. Elated. Scree run back to camp after. 3 hours walk same day to last camp. Up at 5am today for 5 hour trek down. Knackered. S.

29.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 6

Karanga Valley to Barafu Hut: 3 and a half hour walk today. All gradual slopes. Last camp before summit. We set off at 10pm tonight. Tired already. Need shower and nice food. Fingernails look disgusting. S.

28.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 5

Barranco Camp to Karanga Valley: Today was only 5hr walk but difficult terrain. Lots of uphill scrambling. Had worst ever headache. V tired. Short trek tomorrow as we start summit walk at 11pm. S.

27.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 4

Shira Hut to Barranco Camp: Long tiring day. Over 8 hours trek. Steep uphill to 4400m. Huge headache which had me in tears. Mental agony. Body aching. Views stunning. S.