Pole-Pole: Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro’s Marangu (Coca Cola) Route: A Five Day Trek

by Victor Martinez

This fun and easy to read hiking journal takes readers from the mountains of Colorado to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Victor Martinez, an amateur hiker, sets out to conquer the world's largest free-standing mountain. His journey takes you from his preparations in his home of Colorado to Africa's highest peak. This journal is filled with inspiring photographs chronicling the event. It is an encouraging and uplifting glimpse into one man achieving his lifelong goal.

54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 4, 2019

About the author

Victor Martinez was born and raised in Fresno, California, the fourth in a family of twelve children. He attended California State University at Fresno and Stanford University, and has worked as a field laborer, welder, truck driver, firefighter, teacher, and office clerk.

His poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies. Mr. Martinez was awarded the 1996 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Parrot in the Oven, his first novel. He now makes his home in San Francisco, California.