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Radio Stations in GTA San Andreas
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The soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is set in 1992 in the West Coast state of San Andreas, required that the game's radio stations reflect the music tastes of the time and area, in addition to covering current events in the state of San Andreas. Together with several early-1990s music, the scores of the soundtrack also included songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The standalone version of the soundtrack was released on November 23, 2004.
The player can listen to the following radio stations:
- Playback FM - East Coast Hip Hop
- K Rose - Country
- K-DST - Classic Rock
- Bounce FM - Funk
- SF-UR - House
- Radio Los Santos - West Coast Hip Hop
- Radio X - Alternative Rock, Grunge
- CSR 103.9 - New Jack Swing
- K-JAH West - Reggae
- Master Sounds 98.3 - Rare Groove
- WCTR - Talk Radio
- User Track Player (PC only) - Custom soundtrack
- Mixtape (iOS only) Custom soundtrack
The songs are listed in the same order as they appear in the game manual. However, the game itself randomizes song order, DJ comments during and between songs, and other aspects such as weather reports. Some stations, most notably WCTR, changes its programming as the game progresses, sometimes reflecting events within the game or subplots occurring within the radio programming.
Playback FM
Playback FM is hosted by Forth Right MC (voiced by Chuck D) and plays rap from the golden age of hip-hop.
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Kool G Rap & D.J. Polo - "Road to the Riches"
- Big Daddy Kane - "Warm It Up, Kane"
- Spoonie Gee - "The Godfather"
- Masta Ace - "Me & the Biz"
- Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
- Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
- Eric B. & Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul"
- Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
- Gang Starr - "B.Y.S."
- Biz Markie - "Vapors"
- Brand Nubian - "Brand Nubian"
- Ultramagnetic MC's - "Critical Beatdown"
K Rose
K Rose is a classic country station hosted by Mary-Beth Maybell (voiced by Riette Burdick), and based in Bone County (possibly Fort Carson).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Jerry Reed - "Amos Moses"
- Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
- Hank Williams - "Hey Good Lookin'"
- Juice Newton - "Queen of Hearts"
- The Statler Brothers - "New York City"
- Asleep at the Wheel - "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read"
- Desert Rose Band - "One Step Forward"
- Willie Nelson - "Crazy"
- Patsy Cline - "Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)"
- The Statler Brothers - "Bed of Rose's"
- Mickey Gilley - "Make The World Go Away"
- Ed Bruce - "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
- Merle Haggard - "Always Wanting You"
- Whitey Shafer - "All My Exes Live in Texas"
- Eddie Rabbitt - "I Love A Rainy Night"
K-DST, "The Dust" is a San Fierro-based classic rock station originating in Los Santos and hosted by Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith (voiced by W. Axl Rose).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Foghat - "Slow Ride"
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Green River"
- Heart - "Barracuda"
- Kiss - "Strutter"
- Toto - "Hold the Line"
- Rod Stewart - "Young Turks"
- Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down a Dream"
- Joe Cocker - "Woman to Woman"
- Humble Pie - "Get Down to it"
- Grand Funk Railroad - "Some Kind of Wonderful"
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
- America - "A Horse With No Name"
- The Who - "Eminence Front"
- Boston - "Smokin'"
- David Bowie - "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
- Eddie Money - "Two Tickets to Paradise"
- Billy Idol - "White Wedding"
Bounce FM
Bounce FM is a funk radio station hosted by The Funktipus (voiced by George Clinton).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Zapp - "I Can Make You Dance"
- Kool & The Gang - "Hollywood Swinging"
- The Ohio Players - "Love Rollercoaster"
- Rick James - "Cold Blooded"
- Maze - "Twilight"
- Fatback Band - "Yum Yum (Gimme Some)"
- The Isley Brothers - "Between the Sheets"
- Ronnie Hudson & The Street People - "West Coast Poplock"
- Lakeside - "Fantastic Voyage"
- George Clinton - "Loopzilla (Broadcast Version)"
- Dazz Band - "Let It Whip"
- Cameo - "Candy"
- MFSB + The Three Degrees - "Love Is The Message"
- The Ohio Players - "Funky Worm"
- Johnny Harris - "Odyssey"
- Roy Ayers - "Running Away"
- The Gap Band - "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
San Fierro Underground Radio, abbreviated as SF-UR, is a San Fierro-based house music station hosted by Hans Oberlander (voiced by Lloyd Floyd).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Jomanda - "Make My Body Rock (Feel It)"
- 808 State - "Pacific 202"
- The Todd Terry Project - "Weekend"
- The Night Writers - "Let The Music (Use You)"
- Marshall Jefferson - "Move Your Body"
- Maurice - "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze) (K & T Mix)"
- Mr. Fingers - "Can You Feel It?"
- A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
- Cultural Vibe - "Ma Foom Bey"
- Ce Ce Rogers - "Someday"
- Robert Owens - "I'll Be Your Friend"
- Frankie Knuckles + Jamie Principle - "Your Love"
- Joe Smooth + Anthony Thomas - "Promised Land"
- 28th Street Crew - "I Need a Rhythm"
- Raze - "Break 4 Love"
- Fallout - "The Morning After (Sunrise Mix)"
Radio Los Santos
Radio Los Santos is a West Coast hip-hop radio station hosted by Julio G, based in Los Santos.
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- 2Pac + Pogo - "I Don't Give a Fuck"
- Compton's Most Wanted - "Hood Took Me Under"
- Dr. Dre + Snoop Dogg - "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang"
- Too Short - "The Ghetto"
- N.W.A - "Alwayz Into Somethin'"
- Ice Cube + Das EFX - "Check Yo Self (The Message Remix)"
- Kid Frost - "La Raza"
- Cypress Hill - "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
- Dr. Dre + Snoop Dogg + Jewell + RBX - "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')"
- The D.O.C. - "It's Funky Enough"
- N.W.A - "Express Yourself"
- Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day"
- Eazy-E - "Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn"
- Above the Law - "Murder Rap"
- Dr. Dre + Snoop Dogg - "Deep Cover"
- Da Lench Mob - "Guerillas in tha Mist"
Radio X
Radio X is an alternative rock radio station hosted by Sage (voiced by Jodie Shawback).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Helmet - "Unsung"
- Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
- Faith No More - "Midlife Crisis"
- Danzig - "Mother"
- Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
- Primal Scream - "Movin' on Up"
- Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
- L7 - "Pretend We're Dead"
- Ozzy Osbourne - "Hellraiser"
- Soundgarden - "Rusty Cage"
- Rage Against the Machine - "Killing in the Name"
- Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing"
- The Stone Roses - "Fools Gold"
- Alice in Chains - "Them Bones"
- Stone Temple Pilots - "Plush"
CSR 103.9 (Contemporary Soul Radio) is a new jack swing radio station hosted by Phillip "PM" Michaels (voiced by Michael Bivins). Located in San Fierro.
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- SWV - "I'm So Into You"
- Soul II Soul - "Keep on Movin'"
- Samuelle - "So You Like What You See"
- En Vogue - "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
- Johnny Gill + C.L. Smooth - "Rub You the Right Way"
- Ralph Tresvant - "Sensitivity"
- Guy - "Groove Me"
- Aaron Hall - "Don't Be Afraid"
- Boyz II Men - "Motownphilly"
- Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison"
- Today - "I Got the Feeling"
- Wrecks-N-Effect - "New Jack Swing"
- Bobby Brown - "Don't Be Cruel"
K-Jah West
K-Jah West is a reggae radio station hosted by Marshall Peters & Johnny Lawton (voiced by Lowell Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare respectively).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Black Harmony - "Don't Let it Go to Your Head"
- Blood Sisters - "Ring My Bell"
- Shabba Ranks - "Wicked Inna Bed"
- Buju Banton - "Batty Rider"
- Augustus Pablo - "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown"
- Dennis Brown - "Revolution"
- Willie Williams - "Armagideon Time"
- I-Roy - "Sidewalk Killer"
- Toots & the Maytals - "Funky Kingston"
- Dillinger - "Cocaine in My Brain"
- Toots & the Maytals - "Pressure Drop"
- The Pliers - "Bam Bam"
- Barrington Levy - "Here I Come"
- Reggie Stepper - "Drum Pan Solo"
- Black Uhuru - "Great Train Robbery"
- Max Romeo & The Upsetters - "I Chase the Devil"
Master Sounds 98.3
Master Sounds 98.3 is a rare groove radio station hosted by Johnny "The Love Giant" Parkinson (voiced by Ricky Harris).
The following songs can be heard on the station:
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - "Express Yourself"
- Maceo & the Macks - "Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)"
- Harlem Underground Band - "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba"
- The Chakachas - "Jungle Fever"
- Bob James - "Nautilus"
- Booker T. & the M.G.'s - "Green Onions"
- The Blackbyrds - "Rock Creek Park"
- Bobby Byrd - "Hot Pants - I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming"
- James Brown - "Funky President"
- Lyn Collins - "Rock Me Again and Again"
- Maceo & the Macks - "Soul Power '74"
- Bobby Byrd - "I Know You Got Soul"
- James Brown - "The Payback"
- Lyn Collins - "Think (About It)"
- The J.B.'s - "The Grunt"
- War - "Low Rider"
- Gloria Jones - "Tainted Love"
- Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind"
West Coast Talk Radio, abbreviated as WCTR, is a talk radio station headquartered in Los Santos.
The following programs can be heard on the station:
- WCTR News: Hosted by Lianne Forget (Sharon Washington) with Richard Burns (Wil Wheaton), which features up-to-date news in the San Andreas state.
- The Tight End Zone: Sports program hosted by Derrick Thackery (Peter Appel).
- The Wild Traveler: Travel program hosted by James Pedeaston (Sam Tsoutsouvas).
- Entertaining America: Entertainment program hosted by Billy Dexter (Peter Marx) and Lazlow, featuring various guests.
- Gardening with Maurice: Gardening show hosted by Maurice (Andy Dick).
- I Say/You Say: Political debate show hosted by husband-and-wife liberal-and-conservative team of Peyton Phillips (Paul Ames) and Mary Phillips (Jackie Hoffman).
- Lonely Hearts: Relationship advice program hosted by Christy MacIntyre (Sara Moon).
- Area 53: A Coast to Coast AM spoof hosted by Marvin Trill (Bob Sevra).
Various intros, outros and comments are delivered by Barbara Fox.
User Track Player/Mixtape
For GTA San Andreas, music files may be placed in a "User Tracks" folder, located in its GTA "User Files" folders within My Documents. It can only be used for Xbox and Windows, both made by Microsoft.
The iOS version of San Andreas replaces the User Track Player with Mixtape. Mixtapes are created by naming an iTunes playlist "GTASA" (without quotes). All songs on the playlist will be played on the Mixtape station.
Radio Commercials
Commercials that reference events in game:
- Zebra Bar (Ed McMann; two commercials) — An exotic chocolate bar that mixes white chocolate with dark chocolate. It is mentioned in the first WCTR news bulletin that a protest outside the Zebra Bar Candy Company was occurring.
- Proposition 421 — A proposition against smoking, which would allow a citizen to legally shoot and kill a smoker in self-defense. The name is a possible reference to 420, a slang for marijuana.
- The Epsilon Program (Fred Melamed, three commercials) — A cult. Numerous people in the game appear to be members including original Entertaining America host Billy Dexter and Area 53 host Marvin Trill. Epsilon Program founder Chris Formage is interviewed by Lazlow on the third and final segment of Entertaining America. Dwayne Thorn, from VCPR in Vice City Stories also utters the Program's mantra "Kifflom" at one point, as does VCFL DJ Tina Jane, who insults the cult. It offers "eternal salvation for those who attend".
- Inversion Therapy (Danny Burstein) — A form of therapy to overcome rather extreme fears by facing them (for example, if you fear dying, the therapy advises committing suicide to get over it), creator Darius Fontaine calls in on the final Entertaining America, Lazlow having tried the therapy unsuccessfully.
- Castradon — A baldness remedy that eliminates Testosterone and attacks the glands that produce it (i.e. the testicles). Castradon is mentioned as a sponsor of car racing on the second episode of The Tight End Zone.
- The Cavern of Sorrow — A role-playing game spoofing Dungeons & Dragons. Playback FM DJ Forth Right MC mentions having to get supplies for a Cavern of Sorrow marathon.
- Ammu-Nation — (Intro voiced by Frank Chavez) Advertising guns, telling everyone why they should all buy and own a gun ("Ammu-Nation, protecting your family from the evils of a liberal society"). Commercial for the Ammu-Nation store that is in the game. The Ammu-Nation commercial from Vice City that is played in the chain can be heard inside all of the stores throughout the state.
- Cluckin' Bell (Two commercials) — A commercial for the fried chicken chain in the game, which is a parody of KFC. Sage from Radio X dedicates a song off the station (Primal Scream's "Movin' On Up") to a guy she "did behind the Cluckin' Bell." The commercials make references to KFC's many controversies, including accusations of cruelty to chickens. The advertisement host also says, "If you enjoy it, the chicken didn't die in vain!" and "Suffering never tasted so good!"
- Blotto's (Three commercials) — A store catering for daily habits. At the end of the first Gardening with Maurice show, Maurice briefly mentions Blotto's.
- Ultimate Disc in the Dark — A San Fierro-based game where players throw a flying disc in the dark, the object is to catch a disc and run to the goal to score. It is mentioned as a sponsor for the first installment of The Wild Traveller.
- Bouche Cologne — A cologne for the man who wants to feel like a real man. This is the first of two different colognes that are advertised on the radio within the game. Lonely Hearts host Christy becomes aroused by Fernando's Bouche cologne in a later Lonely Hearts segment.
- My Five Uncles — A TV series of which is both a parody of My Two Dads and Full House. The show is about an "emotionally abused orphan" teenage girl who is adopted by five gay men. The show is broadcast on the fictional channel "LSBC." CSR DJ Philip "PM" Michaels mentions in his DJ chatter that he auditioned recently for the show.
- Celebrate with Cake — (Two commercials) Encourages eating when one is feeling depressed. DJ Philip "PM" Michaels states that he "really wants to sing in that Celebrate with Cake commercial".
Other Commercials:
- Commemorative Miniatures — A historical miniature wargaming commercial, selling miniatures soldiers and tanks. General Custer, Napoleon, the Charge of the Light Brigade and the Trail of Tears are mentioned.
- Law (Jeff Berlin, three commercials) — Legal drama series broadcast on Thursdays on cable channel Weasel. A parody to legal shows such as L.A. Law. "Catch it Thursdays on Weasel, before it catches you!"
- Intergalactic Wrestling Title — A spoof of American professional wrestling that is also broadcast on Weasel.
- Proposition 832 — B.I.G.O.T. (Ban Immigration Green Cards Outright Today) An organization aiming to ban immigration and instead create a new status for illegal aliens, whereby "while they're here, they have no rights." The ad also claims, "If we give them green cards, soon they'll be just like us - overweight, unhappy, and too lazy to do menial tasks."
- Proposition 602 — A proposition to end mass-transit, converting bus-lanes and train tracks into more roads for the benefit of car owners.
- Commando Pest Eradication — A radical team of Vietnam veterans acting as insect exterminators. "It's the War on Nature; and this time, we're winning."
- Dreamakers — Talent agency where nobodies are trained to become "stars". Based in Vinewood.
- eXsorbeo — A portable game console. The commercial equates playing games on the system with masturbation, with such lines as, "Look mom, I'm playing with myself!" and "don't play too long or you'll go blind". The console has its own website.
- Tropicarcinoma — Anti-tan-cream made from coconut oil, zinc, aluminum, boron, magnesium, and other volatile metals.
- Crimson Executive Spouse Indemnity Services (1-866-505-CRIM) — Easily obtainable legal service offering life insurance policies for husbands in case their wives suffer terrible "accidents" (similar to the D'Leo and Thurax commercial from GTA: Vice City.) The customers in both testimonials are strongly implied to have murdered their spouses to cash in on their new insurance coverage. Possibly a reference to Monty Python's Crimson Permanent Assurance.
- Mike Andrews (Two commercials) — A self-help guru promoting a "less is more" approach to wealth for the poor.
- Kilimanjaro (Two commercials) — A clothes shop "for the bigger men."
- Eris Pump Up Shoes — A sports shoe commercial which parodies the mid-90s obsession with Reebok Pump shoes. The Eris brand previously featured in a commercial in GTA III. The advertising was voiced by Sean R. Lynch.
- Creative Plastic Surgery — A plastic surgery clinic promoting unusual changes such as tails or a third breast.
- American Bank of Los Santos — A commercial about bank loans, has the same music as the Little Lacy Surprise ad in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- San Andreas Telephone — (Four commercials) The commercials parody numerous "stay in touch with loved ones" phone company advertising campaigns.
- Glory Hole Theme Park — (Mike Blakeney, two commercials) A theme park that caters to unconventional sexual behavior but presents itself as a family amusement park. "Gloryhole! Where strangers become friends! Gloryhole! You don't need to know names!"
- Special Needs Cop (Randy Perlstein, Jeff Berlin, Ron Reeve, Mike, Chris and James Ferrante and Chris Silvestro) — A movie starring action star Jack Howitzer (from the "Exploder" movie in Vice City) as a cop going undercover in a school for special-needs kids. A spoof on Kindergarten Cop.
- Carcer City — Commercial advertising Carcer City as a holiday destination for those who are "tired of all the sunshine and good weather." Carcer City was the setting of the Rockstar Games title Manhunt.
- Shine by Helmut Schein — Designer perfume. Voiced by Jodie Shawback. Shawback also plays the Radio X DJ 'Sage.' She is the only in-game DJ to also be in an in-game radio commercial.
- Renegade Cologne (Jeff Berlin) — "For the man who wants to reek of masculinity."
- Sooth — A hallucinogenic cold and cough syrup made from codeine, morphine, and alcohol. Also available for children as Sooth Junior. May be partially inspired by "purple drank", a recreational drug popular in Southern hip-hop culture.
- Rapidyke — The do-it-yourself sexual realignment kit: the quickest and latest way to change your sex. "It's just snip, chop, stuff & swallow. Four quick actions with amazing effects."
- Herr Gruber's Spa — An international spa business owned by Herr Gruber, who has opened spas all around the world including such countries as Germany, Switzerland & Brazil
- Sprunk — An explosive re-energizing soft drink carbonated with ether. The Sprunk logo and colour scheme bear a strong resemblance to those of Sprite. A Sprunk factory can be found situated in one of Red County's country villages. There is also a Sprunk advertising board in Los Santos, which CJ crashes a car into during the mission "Reuniting the Families" (Reuniting the Families), the catch phrase on the board originally said A Taste of Things to Come, but after the crash, only the words A Taste of Come is left, referring to the word cum: (ejaculation - semen). A commercial is heard on the radio, saying that Sprunk now has a grenade shaped can. A radio ad for a Sprunk sweepstakes offers customers a chance to win a real box of grenades.
- Grin — A medication that cures the depression and anxiety that one gets from living life in the suburbs.
- Ice Diamonds/De Koch Diamonds — The perfect gift for your partner: "chill that bitch out, with ice."
- Fokari Film — Photographic film developing company. "Memories are forever...sort of"
- Abbigo Brokerage and Pawn — Trade in absolutely anything in exchange for cash.
- Logger Beer (Ed MacMann) — "The beer that brought the forest down!"
- Logger Light (Ed MacMann) — A low calorie diet version which "facilitate[s] alcoholism without the attendant weight gain."
- Redwood Cigarettes — A brand of cigarette that "helps cure stress." With sponsorship of Los Santos City Marathon.
- Don't let Your Children Ride Bicycles — Do the motherly thing and buy your child an over-powered sports car instead of a bike. A public service announcement sponsored by The Governor's Office of San Andreas, in association with Maibatsu Cars of America.
- Lustrious — (Two commercials) A hair styling product.
- The Crazy Cat — A strip club where the women know how to entertain "gentlemen."
- Executive Intruder Extermination Services — Personal security service offering protection for wealthy paranoids.
- Janus — Service to help people alienate their family to protect their new west coast identities.
- Hampshire Nannies — Company offering strict classical British style nannies. The narrator is "Freddy," the nanny and spanking obsessed caller in previous GTA games.
- Starfish Resort and Casino — Casino targeting children as well as adults.
- Join the Military — Recruiting commercial for the military with the usual GTA touch.
- Midlife Crisis Center — Services provided for middle aged men who want to regain their youth. (Specializing in real estate, divorce attorneys, mistress placement, plastic surgery, hair colouring and replacement and male fur coats.) "Come with your wife, leave with a sports car."
- Many songs on the game have songs that interpolate or sample them, which are also in the game, or featured in other GTA games.
- Some of the DJs will provide weather "forecasts" and warnings on air. However, they never mention the sandstorms in Tierra Robada/Bone County/Las Venturas area.
- Early reviews state that Flash FM and Hit Radio were planned, but dropped during development.
- Only two radio stations from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that were also added onto Grand Theft Auto V, and those two stations are Radio Los Santos and WCTR.
- When pausing for a long time, CJ can be heard singing several songs that appear on the game's radio stations.


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Team Rocket decides to go their separate ways after yet another failed Pikachu kidnap attempt. Elsewhere, our heroes come across a one-day Pokemon Battle Tournament secretly run by Butch and Cassidy who are having their own problems getting along. Ash signs up, unaware that while he's battling, Cassidy is preparing to swipe the competitors' Pokemon! Cassidy runs into Jessie and James and decides to make James her new team. As for Jessie, she fast-talks her way into a partnership with Butch.
Max has spotted the villains at work, however, and as Ash is celebrating a victory, he runs to tell everyone what's really happening. Our heroes go to rescue the Pokeballs and encounter Cassidy and James, James unsuccessfully trying to pretend he's Butch. Corphish cools off Cassidy's Houndour and Team Rocket's scam is revealed to the tournament competitors, leading to a showdown with Team Rocket minions.
Jessie and Butch try to make a stealthy getaway, but Ash spots them and Pikachu puts a stop to their thievery. Meanwhile, Meowth is trying to steal a few Pokeballs for himself when he bumps into Jessie and James. They remember the good times they had together and decide to reunite once more. So when Corphish sends them blasting off with BubbleBeam, they blast off as friends--at least for now! The other Trainers are reunited with their Pokeballs and now it's time for our heroes to head to Pewter City.


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More films, novels needed about African Sports
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Feb 16
Although an attempt by Burundi to recall four members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has been successfully defeated, the danger signals to regional integration initiatives arising from that attempt are clear.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Feb 16
For the past seven to eight years, youth sporting competitions such as the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS), Copa Coca-Cola and the UMISETA as well as UMITASHUMTA Games have become eagerly anticipated and riveting events on the national sporting scene.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 31st Jan 16
It is ironic that some of the worst corruption in the region is going on right under Tanzanian President John Magufuli's nose, though there may be little that he can do to alter the situation.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 31st Jan 16
It is readily acknowledged by all and sundry that men's football receives by far the largest chunk of financial support in stark contrast to other sports which make up our local sports landscape.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 24th Jan 16
Looked at from the standpoint of the failure to address rampant poverty, it can be rightly said that the whole of Africa is one tragic pot of human and peoples' rights violation, defined here as any act by the state or group of people that threatens the right to life.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 17th Jan 16
The year 2016 is still young, and various verdicts on the past year and forecasts for 2016 are still flowing fast and furious from all directions, albeit with one resounding conclusion: That our leaders have failed miserably.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 17th Jan 16
Following the exciting climax to the just ended Mapinduzi Cup in Zanzibar, the attention of ardent football fans in the country now shifts to the bread and butter of all football clubs on the local scene, the Mainland Premier League which pleasurably resumes this weekend.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 10th Jan 16
By choosing to send peacekeeping troops to Burundi, Africa may have finally decided to be "my brother's keeper" although Bujumbura is not enchanted by the African Union (AU) idea, taken without invitation from the government.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 10th Jan 16
Earlier this week, CECAFA outlined its five-year strategic plan which will focus mainly on youth football development, improving women's football and building greatly needed technical capacity.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 3rd Jan 16
It is ironic that in today's world, nothing is as divisive as man's beliefs in how he should reach out to God. Religion has been behind some of the worst conflicts and atrocities in history, and this remains true in our day as well.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 27th Dec 15
For most of East Africa, this was a year of shame and tears, suffering and anguish, protest and hopelessness. But there were also small glimmers of hope. Perhaps the people most to pitied not just in the region but throughout the world were our brothers and sisters in Burundi.
THE GUARDIAN | 25th Dec 15
A bar in Temeke Richard (shaking the wet from his umbrella): Why have you made me travel all this way in the rain from Upanga? It is far and I would rather spend the money on beer than hand it over to some daladala tout.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 20th Dec 15
The recent past has witnessed increased activity in culture and sports, a trend that deserves to be encouraged for closer integration of East Africa's peoples. In fairly quick succession, the region has witnessed military games, parliamentary sports, and a cultural festival at Cyanika on the Uganda-Rwanda border.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 20th Dec 15
Although the concluding year of 2015 had many painful sporting setbacks there were a few glimmers of hope in the most unlikely of places: low-profile sports. Indeed, one such sport which showed pleasing and heartening signs of revival was badminton.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 13th Dec 15
There is no question that this has been a wretched year for local athletics. Indeed, there was scarcely anything positive to provide good cheer during this year. Instead, there were only crushing and frustrating disappointments chief amongst these arguably being our failure to return home with any medal after the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing, China which caused us to lose face in a big way at a major global competition for seemingly the umpteenth time.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 29th Nov 15
The United Nations fears Burundi could slide into "possible genocide"with the Security Council two weeks ago, adopting a resolution that called for urgent talks and sending peace keeping troops to stop the killings.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 15th Nov 15
Recently, the Nigerian national U-17 football team fondly dubbed the Golden Eaglets won this year's edition of the FIFA Under-17 Football World Cup and in really impressive fashion too.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Nov 15
The election of new Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli has made East Africa's political scene increasingly interesting – and messy as well. Even as congratulations poured in from regional and world leaders, Tanzania was itself divided over the manner in which the counting and tallying of votes was done.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Nov 15
As we gradually approach the end of the year, East African football is still stuck in the mire of poor results where coveted African club and national team competitions are concerned.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 1st Nov 15
Recently, the Tanzanian athletics legend Filbert Bayi issued a rallying cry to all local sports bodies to begin preparing for next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as time was rapidly running out.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 1st Nov 15
Education in East Africa has increasingly come into the spotlight in recent days, and for reasons that aren't too noble. From kindergarten all the way to university, the quality of the whole system is raising serious concern, with important ramifications for the region's economic development.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 11th Oct 15
The huge infrastructure projects coming up around East Africa have been lifted up as symbols of the successes the region is achieving on the economic front. An ugly side is only now however beginning to emerge.
THE GUARDIAN | 6th Oct 15
Uncontrolled fires in the country have become a very big problem. Statistics shows that 65 percent of the forest in Kilwa District, Coast Region alone, burns every year. With increased population coupled with human activities.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th Oct 15
As the role of multimedia increases and policy drives ICT use to the heart of education across the world, it is increasingly important to have an idea of the potentialities afforded by e-content and multimedia for teaching and learning.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 4th Oct 15
Finally, the United Nations General Assembly came and went, and with it the world's heads of state approved the global blueprint that will guide development efforts all the way up to 2030.
THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Oct 15
It was only a matter of time before the candidates addressed the subject. Indeed they couldn't avoid it, especially after the US government this week signed off that trillion shilling cheque, supposedly a pat on the back for us, a generous acknowledgment that we had been good, honest boys and girls.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 27th Sep 15
On September 10, this year, President Jakaya Kikwete addressed the judges and workers of the Arusha based African Court on Human and Peoples Rights (AfCHPR) as the official guest at the launch of the Kiswahili version of the Court's basic facts booklet.
THE GUARDIAN | 21st Sep 15
According to UNESCO, 'Education for Sustainable Development' allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 20th Sep 15
Teachers in Kenya are angry, very angry. When they thought they had everything under wraps in their agitation for better pay, somebody thought of reminding them not to count their eggs before they are hatched.
THE GUARDIAN | 15th Sep 15
By the mid-1880s, Tanzania was one of the countries with the highest literacy rates in Africa, reaching 98 percent. Tanzania has experienced a 20 per cent drop in literacy rate for the past 30 years, a situation that is deeply worrying education stakeholders in the country.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 6th Sep 15
The pleasing news is still reverberating round the continent that the vibrant and modern South African city of Durban has been named as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Indeed, the development has put an extra spring in the step of not just natives of the 'Rainbow Nation' but all Africans anywhere in the world.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 30th Aug 15
With the All Africa Games looming large on the horizon there are grave fears amongst many that the national women's football team, Twiga Stars will fail to deliver the goods at this unique continental sporting event.
THE GUARDIAN | 25th Aug 15
Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) is strengthening the capacity of civil society at local and national levels to hold lands sector duty bearers (including government and private sector) accountable while advocating for the rights of small scale farmers and pastoralists in different wards in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region and Chemba District in Dodoma Region.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 9th Aug 15
With the All Africa Games due to begin in a couple of weeks it is alarming to note the lack of impetus and drive on the part of local sports bodies where preparations for this unique sporting festival African-style are concerned.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 2nd Aug 15
The qualifying draw for the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia was held recently with some potentially pulsating clashes in prospect not just in Africa but arguably all around the continents which make up the FIFA Global Family of football-playing nations.
THE GUARDIAN | 28th Jul 15
Palisep is non government organisation operating in Ngorongoro District Arusha Region in Northern Tanzania. It was established in 2002 to address socio- economic development and create an appropriate space for community effective participation in development and governance programmes.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 12th Jul 15
Recently, the International Netball Federation (INF) let it be known that it was fiercely determined to improve the standard of officiating in netball on the continent. Indeed, this is a heartening and pleasing development as the number of African netball umpires currently officiating at high-profile and prestigious events, is frustratingly still too low.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Jun 15
The fact that so far the number of Tanzanians belonging to the elite class who have come out openly to vie for the topmost post in the land is unprecedented has attracted much public attention and is a hot theme of day - countrywide.
THE GUARDIAN | 8th Jun 15
On 1st June, 2015, the education sector budget was presented at the Parliament by Shukuru Kawambwa, the minister for Education and Vocational Training, in which he requested the Parliament to approve TShs.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 7th Jun 15
All sorts of things are taking place as the election season set in. October is only a few months ahead and the unfolding developments related to the historic event are quite exciting.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 31st May 15
Thank God we have advanced technology in form of television sets to help us witness live what is going on in the current budget parliamentary sessions. One of the attention attracting spectacle to behold is hundreds of empty red covered seats when House business is in progress, with a few MPs scattered here and there, some talking in whispers among themselves.
THE GUARDIAN | 25th May 15
One of the biggest challenges facing the government today is the high rate of youth unemployment. It is a serious matter that calls for strong policies and good leadership to effectively tackle.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 24th May 15
Once again the Controller and Auditor General's Office is in the limelight after presenting the 2013/2014 Audit Report to parliament for debate as the law governing this vital institution demands.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 24th May 15
With the dust still settling on Mrisho Ngasa's recent move to South African side Free State Stars, there has been an animated debate of arguably national scope on what the dribbling wizard's move means for local football.
THE GUARDIAN | 19th May 15
Tanzania has a chance of becoming another renown sports centre if appropriate plans and strategies are put in place to ensure children and youths are given moral and material support to exercise their potentialities at their fullest level.
THE GUARDIAN | 18th May 15
Last week the education sector in the country was under limelight, due to various significant events including National Education Week celebrations which were talking place in the country's capital, Dodoma Region.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 17th May 15
An important exercise of registration of potential voters is taking place in some parts of the country under the schedule prepared by the National Electoral Commission and is expected to cover the entire country within a few months to come.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th May 15
Jambo, and if I began last week in a cheerless mood, I feel worse today, not simply cheer 'less', but anti-cheer, and anti-everything, especially 'human elephant slayers, and their 'protectors'.
THE GUARDIAN | 4th May 15
Since launching of the new Education and Training Policy (ETP), there have been a number of questions from education stakeholders as they exhibit their passion and thirst for quality for their children as well as for development of our nation.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 3rd May 15
Indeed, media practitioners as well as other stakeholders meeting in Morogoro this weekend to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day for 2015 have a serious homework, given the environment in which the sector is operating in the country today.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th Apr 15
Greetings for the coming week, and as this month ends will March and April 2015 have set a terrible precedent of road carnage statistics, that could even be superceded in the coming months? Looking through one of my old files labeled 'disasters – various', I noted that August 2009, was also a cheerless month, with the appalling deaths of twelve school girls burnt to death in a boarding school inferno caused by a candle.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th Apr 15
Over the past two decades, quality assurance processes in higher education have become increasingly common in Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia, are steadily gaining importance in Canada and the United States.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 26th Apr 15
The noise pollution malpractice has been a source of complaints from many urban residents for quite a long time. Hence, it is a consolation that those supposed to address the issue have finally decide to take action thus providing a big relief to victims of this nuisance.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 26th Apr 15
This year is a monumental one for global rugby as the home of the game England are readying themselves to host the sport's showpiece event the Rugby World Cup towards the end of the year.
THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 15
Jambo sana for the coming week, which could include many of the frustrations of life here, aided by failing institutions, or the people who ineptly run them. But given the external reliance for simple objectives in many aspects of governance, chances of improving their skills could be reduced.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 19th Apr 15
The drivers' strike held in the morning of Friday 10th this month lasted for 9 hours but had such a big impact to the extent that most members of the public pray it does not recur in future.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 19th Apr 15
The past few months have indeed witnessed encouraging developments for local volleyball. To start with the Dar es Salaam Regional Volleyball League has served up some truly riveting action and Mwanza Region also recently launched their own volleyball competition which means that the local volleyball scene is no longer largely at a standstill as was the case in the past.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th Apr 15
Jambo sana, and what's held your interest in the media recently, for me it was the heading of 'East Africa moves to outlaw importation of used clothes', but if you're a nudist, or have never bought such garments, it mightn't have held yours!.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 12th Apr 15
The other day I spent several hours discussing Tanzanian politics with a friend of mine since our university days who has today turned into a bar counter ''revolutionary''.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 12th Apr 15
These are very exciting times for fans of the top tier league on the domestic football scene. Indeed, with the football season presently easing into the home stretch of the campaign, there are two distinguished clubs still earnestly battling for the coveted league crown and they are Yanga and the defending champions Azam, who understandably, are extremely reluctant to relinquish their hold on the title.
THE GUARDIAN | 31st Mar 15
Vanraj Varu recently emailed to this writer a message about the Japanese way of life. Varu was a Pe-degree student in Ferguson College in Poona, in the sixtees. He was known for his moral disposition and composed demeanour.
THE GUARDIAN | 31st Mar 15
We have seen in many cases when someone dies, relatives would fight over the assets and properties left behind by the deceased. A good example is Dar es Salaam where land cases are flooding everyday in districts land tribunals.
THE GUARDIAN | 30th Mar 15
Much is heard in Tanzania about the limited availability of jobs for university graduates, and of their lack of practical skills and knowledge to bring to the workplace. While our problems may be more acute than in more developed countries, this challenge is in fact universal.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th Mar 15
Unemployment rate among the youth is increasingly becoming a big problem in the country. Currently, the youth aged between 18-30, have the highest unemployment rate compared to any other group.
THE GUARDIAN | 16th Mar 15
For most countries, developed and less developed, the sources of education revenue invariably involve a combination of public and private financing sources. There are various sources of education revenue including fiscal sources; user charges including various forms of cost recovery and cost sharing sources; student loans which constitute as a revolving fund which generates income out of which loans are offered to students; and various forms of community contributions (Galabawa, 2007).
THE GUARDIAN | 12th Mar 15
Last Saturday The Sikh Temple of Dar es Salaam, in trying to establish a small catchment area around Gerezani in conjunction with Help Organisation carried out a medico-dental camp in which 277 patients after undergoing registration had free checkups.
THE GUARDIAN | 12th Mar 15
On March 8, 2015, women worldwide celebrated an International Women's Day (IWD). 'Make It Happen' is the 2015 theme for the internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women.
THE GUARDIAN | 10th Mar 15
Tanzania is endowed with talented brothers and sisters who are currently working at international level in various academic and research international institutions. Our Correspondent GERALD KITABU talked to DR TUYENI MWAMPAMBA, a researcher at the Centre for Ecosystems Research, Mexico.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Mar 15
As the tenure for the country topmost boss at State House narrows down to a few months, the race for the prestigious seat gain more momentum. Contestants increase by the day while some of the ambitious politicians have opted to keep their cards close to their chests, obviously for strategic reasons.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Mar 15
There is probably a sense of euphoria amongst Yanga fans and in stark contrast, a feeling of deflation amongst Azam FC supporters at the moment. This is because Yanga have advanced to the First Round of the Confederations Cup while the 'ice cream makers' failed to scale the first hurdle in the CAF Champions League last weekend.
THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Mar 15
Despite the clear commitment of governments and international agencies to the education sector, efficient and equitable access to education is still proving to be elusive for many people around the world.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 1st Mar 15
Two latest incidents of violence have left citizens of this country as well as the international community stunned and wondering as to what we are witnessing will lead our society to.
THE GUARDIAN | 24th Feb 15
Last Month, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC), participated in the Human Rights and Security Conference meeting in Mombasa Kenya. Our columnist GERALD KITABU interviewed the Coalition's Legal and Protection Officer BENEDICT ISHABAKAKI on the subject matter: Here are his views: Question: Sir, could you tell us the link between human rights and security? Answer: Human rights and security are complementary, hence inseparable.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th Feb 15
The lady patient(P) had sunken cheeks. To the Dental Surgeon (DS) it was clear that she did not have enough teeth to give her a facial profile. She was direct and to the point as she gave her dental history to the DS, "I was born in Zanzibar in 1939.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 15th Feb 15
Corruption continues to feature prominently in the in Tanzania, and to be a "popular" subject as we go through the early months of 2015. This is an unfortunate development, much as what is happening is not a surprise as such.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 15th Feb 15
Yesterday, the Tanzania Paralympic Committee (TPC) General Elections took place with today marking the first day in office for the incoming leadership. It has to be emphasized though the task facing the new administration is a daunting and arduous one: that of significantly improving the largely stagnant state of paralympic sports in the country.
THE GUARDIAN | 10th Feb 15
'Masculinity' entails a set of expectations that often includes dominance, aggressiveness, rationality, physicality, and strength. 'Femininity' entails a set of expectations that often includes submissiveness, passivity, intuition, emotionality and weakness.
THE GUARDIAN | 9th Feb 15
Juvenile delinquency and riots are one of the common themes in postcolonial Tanzanian literature that is set in the 1970s, 1980s, into the 1990s. Juvenile delinquency and riots threaten the quality of life of urban dwellers in Dar-es- Salaam; during the 1990s, the annual crime increase in Dar-es- Salaam by 8.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Feb 15
The other day local contractors held an annual meeting, organized by their umbrella association, and one of the issues raised is too important to be left to professionals in the construction sector but ought to be treated as a matter of public concern - there are substantial reasons to justify society intervention.
THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Feb 15
Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) held its 8th graduation ceremony over the weekend. During the graduation ceremony also attended by the Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, a total of 632 graduates were conferred certificates, diploma and degrees in different fields of science and technology.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 1st Feb 15
As expected, 2015 began with a bang. For, in a year in which two national polls are on the country's agenda, we simply can't have a business as usual scenario. Both the referendum on the country's new constitution and the October general election meant to give us new teams of councillors, parliamentarians and new a Head of State are bound to have some side shows and all sorts of happenings.
THE GUARDIAN | 30th Jan 15
"My husband tells me every time when we are sleeping at night that my mouth smells awfully. I have repeatedly gone before the mirror while brushing my teeth to see if I have anything wrong in my mouth.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th Jan 15
At down on Wednesday last week, armed bandits killed two police officers and stole seven firearms and 60 rounds of ammunition after raiding a police station at Ikwiriri, Rufiji District, Coast Region.
THE GUARDIAN | 26th Jan 15
The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) in Tanzania through its Secondary Education Development Programme (SEDP II) tasked a Consultant to undertake a Comprehensive Study for Strengthened Education Institutions namely Agency for Development of Education Management (ADEM), National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA), Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) and Education Materials Accreditation Committee (EMAC).
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 25th Jan 15
It seems one of our government's New Year resolutions is to close one of the most shameful chapters in the country's history, once and for all! The chapter is none other than the killing and mutilating citizens already disadvantaged by the albinism condition.
THE GUARDIAN | 20th Jan 15
"Doctor, I am not at all happy about the colour of my tooth", so saying the eighteen year old patient (P), a chubby young Lady pointed to her right upper central incisor.
THE GUARDIAN | 19th Jan 15
Currently youth are facing multiple challenges including lack of employment and entrepreneurship skills, lack on employable soft skills, lack of skills in decision making, leadership and many more, which render it difficult for them to cope with fast changing world.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 18th Jan 15
Of late we have heard about good moves the government is making to improve the country's education sector, which for many years has been unpredictable, or has left much to be desired.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th Jan 15
The government of Tanzania established the Tanzania youth fund aimed at empowering Tanzanian youth economically. On 4th February 2013, Tanzania's National Parliament adopted a resolution to start this new government programme.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 11th Jan 15
Let us revisit one of the major messages delivered by religious and political leaders during Christmas season, which is none other than calls on Tanzanians to fight corruption and avoid electing leaders who are graft prone.
THE GUARDIAN | 6th Jan 15
The Natural Resource Committee for Nahoro and Mtungunyu villages have urged the government to hunt all illegal loggers and timber harvesters who are abducting, beating and injuring the villages' patrol team into the Liwale's biggest Angai forest ecosystem.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th Jan 15
Sometimes in March, 2011, it was reported in one local newspaper in Tanzania that Humphrey Moshi, an Economics Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, said that "the Government's economic assessment data are not pragmatic and are not informed through research and scientific evidence.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 4th Jan 15
I am tempted to call our brand new year a "Voting" one, simply because major national exercises related to going to polling centers to determine the country's destiny, in one way or another, are in the calendar of 2015.
THE GUARDIAN | 30th Dec 14
Following the role Journalists play in the community, this year, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDs-Coalition) organised and conducted several security management training for Journalists after realising that some Journalists as human rights defenders have become victims of their own profession.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 28th Dec 14
As the clock ticks towards the end of 2014, one of the popular activities during this season is normally to take stock of what has happened during the last 12 months - that is at individual, family, community and even national level.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 28th Dec 14
With the end of the year now clearly in sight, this is a fitting time to reflect on yet another momentous twelve months for sports in the country. In local football, the biggest story of the year certainly had to be Azam's triumphant march to their first-ever league crown at the expense of those two colossuses of the game: Yanga and Simba.
THE GUARDIAN | 23rd Dec 14
In the past, the state HIV/Aids in the Maasai pastoral communities was very low and this was mainly due to their nature of their life and activities. However, with the advent of globalisation, their culture has been interacted with foreign people.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 21st Dec 14
With the Nani Mtani Jembe contest now in the past the attention of enthusiastic football fans has rapidly turned to the much awaited kick-off of the Mainland Premier League's Second Round which is looming large on the horizon.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Dec 14
This Sunday is a special day in the country's calendar, as Tanzanians are expected to go for local Government elections to get their grassroots leaders. Two weeks ago there were no signs of excitement or interest in this national exercise, thus tempting political analysts to raise some intriguing questions.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 7th Dec 14
As expected, the Tegeta escrow account scandal has continued to attract public attention, much as the parliamentary sessions which deliberated on it seriously are now part of history.


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Volcanoes of Arequipa > Chachani > Climber's Log
Chachani Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Mike D'
|Great Success
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2015
|Pete and I paid a pretty sol to one of the local mountain guide companies to simply drive us up to the trailhead one day and retrieve us the next. The ride entailed maybe two hours on a steep, dusty, rough road, it ended on a sort of saddle where the route begins. We hiked the couple hours into basecamp late afternoon, my small UL tent allowed us to pitch on one of the few flat finely grained scree spots on the bouldery ridge just above the established camp, which cut a couple hundred feet off the next morning's ascent.
We started a little after 4am, well below freezing, scrambling up the boulder field was slightly tricky in the dark, sunrise brought us to a broad steep face with various switchback routes. Altitude hit us like a wall, we both really felt like throwing in the towel over much of the climb, but we kept on, the rising sun's warmth a motivating factor. Eventually we hit consistent snow & ice, established tracks coupled with quick thawing made cramp-ons unnecessary. Final ascent was cake, summit around maybe 9am, amazing views including a distant smoking volcano to the NNE. Hung out at the summit for awhile because the day was clear and weather was perfect as always in Arequipa.
Thinking it would be quicker and a nice alternative, we descended the due east scree face, which was a hazardous mistake. The face was a mellow enough pitch below 40-degrees but too many large rocks amid the fine scree made for a glissading nightmare, we really had to take care not to send a boulder down the mountain. Some ice-bands protruding into the slope were only a tease, their fading stability barely helped. A very unamusing slog & traverse got us back to safety in the stable ridge of boulders, back to camp to pack up then booked it down then back up to the road at the pass by 3pm, so pleased that our ride was awaiting.
Excellent scrambly but non-technical overnight summit, accompanied by the gruels of high altitude. Somehow we were the only humans out there from start to finish, summit & trek in/out totally to ourselves.
|Posted Mar 31, 2016 3:54 am
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011
|Made it to top with Jose from Quechua Explorer and Qwen from Singapore, Fabian from Germany and Sandra from Spain.
It was a hard slog, very cold due to the high winds. I got hit by altitude but pushed on and made it.
|Posted Sep 27, 2011 10:05 am
|Silvia Mazzani
|La Azufrera Route
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2007
|An easy route, fine weather but very cold... A lunar landscape!
|Posted Jul 9, 2011 4:57 pm
Date Climbed: May 18, 2011
|It was an organized tour. The first day we had a long drive to the trailhead and a short walk to the campsite at 5200m.
The plan was to have breakfast at 0:30 and start walking at 1. For various reasons (a.o. the fact that two of our group of six reported sick - my stomach wasn`t quite with the program either, but after taking a loperamide I decided to give it a go anyway), we started at 1:40, but made good time going up. We used crampons higher up. With real good boots, I think it may have been possible without crampons, but with was much safer anyway.
It felt very cold, partly because it was windy at times, especially on the summit. I had to put on all my layers to feel reasonably comfortable, and wished I had better mittens ...
Oh, and I loved that scree and sand on the way down!
|Posted May 18, 2011 8:27 pm
|Garon Coriz
|A Forced Quickie
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010
|My original friend and guide couldn´t make it so I got on board with his buddy Alfredo. We went with a German girl, Magdalena, and her Australian boyfriend, Joseph. Unfortunately, Joseph had altitude sickness at had to turn around soon after leaving camp. With a little aid from me, Magdalena summited with me and Alfredo. Amazing views of the volcanic chain and the arid landscape below.
|Posted Sep 7, 2010 11:07 am
|First 6000 M
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2010
|Altitude made progress very slow. Began at 230am from 5300M base camp. Snow began to soften early in the morning. Otherwise great climb and fairly good views from summit. Definitely recommend if you have a couple extra days in Arequipa!
|Posted Jun 23, 2010 3:07 pm
|Glad I did it; but it was a challenge!
Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2010
|I've been to Arequipa 3 times doing mission work; heard Chachani calling my name each time! Several summit firsts: Volcano; in Peru; over 6000M; altitude sickness (glad to skip that from now on!). Azufrera Route, but slowly due to 3 of our 5 dealing w/ AMS - 7 hrs. from BC. Very little visibility at summit. Glad we had crampons and ice axes, as snowfields on Fatima were knee deep and occasionally steep and slick. Descent was very fast. I needed more than 3 days from sea level!
|Posted May 22, 2010 2:56 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal : June 2009
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009
|As previous poster said, altitude sickness is an issue. 2 out of 5 abandoned before first col due to altitude sickness. You are supposed to acclimatize in one night for 3,300 meters altitude differential.
Reached 5800 and had to return due to waist-deep snow on the slopes of Fatima. Those amounts of snow are not common but freak snow storms happened all week long before we climbed.
Will return to get that monkey off my back!
|Posted Jan 5, 2010 5:48 pm
|weekend climb from ARQ
|Climbed Chachani two times when working in Arequipa. Bring enough water, a warm sleeping bag and trekking poles. No ice equipment required.
|Posted Sep 1, 2009 6:28 pm
|Failed attempt
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2007
|This was to be my first 6000er, but poor acclimatization and making the mistake of only taking hiking shoes forced me to give up a few hundred meters below the summit (just above the 6000m line), as I was fearing frostbite on my feet.
Even if technically very easy, climbing a mountain that high is not to be underestimated. Lesson learned.
|Posted Jul 7, 2009 1:14 pm
|up high!
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2005
|It sure was weird sleeping at 16,600 feet.
Gingko Biloba helped, I'm thinking.
With Zarate Guide Service.
|Posted Mar 28, 2009 6:48 pm
|Race up
Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2008
|Raced to the top with Jonny Gaunt (ENG) basecamp to top in 2hrs 45mins shagged coming back down though! Dusty climb but the views are fantastic!!
|Posted Nov 3, 2008 4:36 pm
|Multi-colored bueaty
|Climbed as intern with Cotahouasi Adventures
|Posted Dec 30, 2007 11:11 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1998
|It took a lot of energy going up. With the loose material each step included some sliding backwards. Coming down however was quick and a lot of fun - back on the heels and slide with each step.
|Posted Dec 29, 2007 11:01 pm
|Vic Hanson
|Arequipa Triple Crown
Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2007
|This completes my Arequipa Triple Crown of Pichupichu, Misti and Chachani, which we did in 5 days. We camped low, below the base camp, at 15,990' (4874 m) on Monday night. On Tuesday we hiked La Azufrera route from there to the summit and back in 9 hours and 15 minutes, and then drove back to Arequipa that evening. Almost no snow, just a small patch before the final summit climb.
|Posted Dec 22, 2007 12:35 pm
|Route Climbed : La Azufrera (normal)
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2007
|My first 6K, easy route (a hiking route with penitentes), great view of others 6ks in Volcanic Range: Ampato, Hualca Hualca and Coropuna
|Posted Oct 8, 2007 5:15 pm
|June 2005 - normal route
|basically just a walk up - was pretty cold.
Great view from the top - as long as you are reasonable fit and acclimatized you will make it
|Posted Feb 23, 2007 7:43 pm
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2006
|Easy 6000er. BC to summit in 3h as the Ubinas volcano was erupting. Beautiful view over Coropuna and Ampato.
|Posted Nov 11, 2006 3:24 pm
|chachani, normal route
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2006
|summited solo via normal route. lots of hard ice and penitentes on traverse. long slog on scree to summit, but nice view on top.
|Posted Jun 20, 2006 10:52 pm
|Route: Normal
Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2006
|Yeah defintly the hardest thing i've ever done. No altitude sickness, a few headaches during the night tho. The journey up was clear weather all the way untill the final summit. Then the weather closed in, wind blowing a gail, and snowing hard. Got to the summit, couldn't see a thing, sat down for 5 mins and then turned round and went home.
|Posted Mar 12, 2006 6:16 pm


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text: University just got flipped: how online video is opening up knowledge to the world Magazine features 16 April 12 by Steven Leckhart and Tom Cheshire This article was taken from the May 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.At Stanford University last summer, computer science professor Sebastian Thrun suggested he and his colleague Peter Morvig do something no university had done before. The previous year, the pair had elected to take over teaching course number CS221: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. "We felt it was time for a change in education," says Norvig. "No one had put together all the pieces in the same way we wanted to offer."This year's course would be different: anyone with web access could take it. Lectures and assignments -- the same ones administered in the on-campus class -- would be posted and auto-graded online each week. Midterms and finals would have strict deadlines. Stanford wouldn't issue course credit to the non-registered students, but at the end of term students who completed a course would be awarded an official statement. In 2010, Norvig and Thrun taught their course to nearly 200 students, all from Stanford; in 2011, 160,000 students from 190 countries enrolled. "I was flabbergasted," says Thrun."I was blown away. I was also a little fearful, since it was clear we'd go to a place where I'd never been before. Before we went online, Peter had guessed 1,000 [students might sign up], and I had optimistically thrown out 10,000 without actually believing it. I usually try to guess high." The university model, where academics lecture to student-filled halls, is broken. "This approach to education," wrote Eric Mazur, a physicist and Harvard lecturer, in Science in January 2009, "has not changed since before the Renaissance and the birth of scientific enquiry… The traditional approach to teaching reduces education to a transfer of information. Before the industrial revolution, when books were not yet mass commodities, the lecture method was the only way to transfer information from one generation to the next."Academia barely noticed the industrial revolution, but a group of independent, like-minded pioneers, including Thrun and Mazur, are plunging it into the information revolution. By taking the lecture out of the hall and replacing it with online, interactive content studied at home, teaching time is spent on just that -- teaching, not declaiming. And once the university is flipped, it's open to the entire world.In July 2008, Daphne Koller was in a Google Faculty Summit at Mountain View, which gathers computer scientists from academic institutions around the US. Koller is a professor in computer science at Stanford; she enrolled at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at 13, and now studies how Bayesian probability theory can be applied to genetics. The main topic at the summit was YouTube. "I said, 'Wait a minute, if we have this capability of producing videos at a very large scale -- available to so many people so easily -- why shouldn't we do that with our classes?'" recalls Koller. "Instead of having to give the same lecture 15 years in a row, I can take that lecture, chop it up so that the units correspond to cognitive modules that are easier for a student to assimilate, and augment it with interactive components."Instead of sitting passively in lecture halls, her students, Koller thought, could watch videos which would also include interactive, question-and-answer elements in their own time. Face-to-face time would remain, but instead of a one-way propagation of information, it would become a "much deeper interaction" -- case studies, discussions about particular problems. Koller took her idea to John Bravman, the vice-provost of education at Stanford, who took her to John Hennessy, the university's president. Hennessy gave Koller $100,000 (£63,000) to develop new software; her course would be the first pilot. ***Koller sold the idea to her 170-strong class, but implementing it was a challenge, despite another $200,000 in funding from Google and various seed programmes. She had to create the online content and technical back-end, as well as a completely new teaching method. "It wasn't the smoothest sailing; we had technical issues," she says. But surveys completed at the end of the term showed that nearly three-quarters of the class preferred the new method. Flip teaching is essentially a type of tutoring. The difference is that new digital tools enable teachers to coach large classes: one-on-one tutoring, scaled by the web. It was likely first described in 2000, by J Wesley Baker, a researcher at Cedarville University, Ohio, in his paper The Classroom Flip: Using web course management tools to become the guide by the side.Although unaware of Baker's research, Koller applied the model to higher education. The flipped university worked, and other experiments confirmed this. Eric Mazur, at Harvard, had been trying the method in his classroom and found that, judged on pre- and post-test scoring, learning gains nearly tripled in his class once he began "to turn [the] traditional information-transfer model of education upside down". (He published early findings from his classroom and others around the world in The Physics Teacher journal in 2002.) A paper published in Science by researchers at the University of British Columbia in April 2011 found that students using an experimental flip-learning approach did more than twice as well as those using traditional methods. Koller found another benefit. "Once you start gathering data at the level that one can in these online systems -- every click, where do students pause, where do they rewind you get these amazing datasets that tell you so much about how people learn. That's a tremendous opportunity to refine the way we teach, both at the global level and the individual." This data is real-time: Koller found herself adjusting classes based on how students had done on the test, what she calls "just-in-time teaching".Koller had flipped her lecture hall. The next step would be to open its doors to the world. "Once you have a set of video content with integrated activities and assessments, you can make the same content available to those not fortunate enough to attend the Stanfords and Oxfords of the world."Thrun was aware of Koller's work at Stanford, but not particularly impressed by it. "It didn't inspire me," says Thrun. "She tried to fix something that didn't seem to require much fixing, and the students' responses were mixed." But in March 2011, Thrun watched as Salman Khan took the stage at TED in Long Beach, California. The Khan Academy founder told the story of his nearly six-year-old website, which provides more than 2,800 tutorial videos in subjects such as science, maths and economics. Khan had started filming videos to tutor his 13-year-old cousin, who lived on the other side of the US from him, in maths. His approach was lo-fi: he would talk through the material while sketching out visuals on Microsoft Paint. Khan hosted the videos, which still preserve the Sellotaped-together feel of his original lessons, on YouTube. Word rapidly spread over the rest of the globe. Khan ended his TED talk by describing the academy as a "global one-world classroom". Joining him onstage, Bill Gates called the Khan Academy "the future of education".The idea that new technology could open up higher education to a mass audience is not a new one. In 1926, John Stobart, director of education at the BBC, wrote a letter to the corporation's director general, John Reith, describing a new idea that he called "the wireless university". Stobart started with a question: "Are we to place broadcasting at the disposal of the various existing universities, or are we going to break out on a new trail of our own?" He complained that those current courses had "grown out of various historical sources such as the medieval trivium in the older universities". Citing the "ubiquity" of radio, Stobart wrote that the "wireless university, working under its different conditions, should, as far as possible, break away from tradition." Stobart asked Reith to think the notion over while he was in Scotland, admitting that his proposal was, for now, a "fantasy" -- "a Wellsian sketch of possibilities". The Open University (OU), founded in 1969 in Milton Keynes, drew on Stobart's vision, working with the BBC to broadcast educational programmes. Despite being described as "blithering nonsense" by future prime minister Edward Heath, OU pioneered distance teaching and still has around 250,000 registered students, the vast majority in the UK.Thrun, inspired by the ubiquity and interactivity of the web, would set about turning Stobart's fantasy into reality. Back at Stanford after TED, he dusted off a PowerPoint presentation he'd put together in 2007. Back then he had begun envisioning a YouTube for education, a for-profit startup that would allow students to discover and take courses from top professors. In a few slides, he'd spelled out the nine essential components of a university education: admissions, lectures, peer interaction, professor interaction, problem-solving, assignments, exams, deadlines and certification. Although Thrun admired MIT's OpenCourseWare -- the university's decade-old initiative to publish online all of its lectures, syllabi and homework from 2,100 courses -- he thought it relied too heavily on videos of actual class- room lectures. That was tapping just one-ninth of the equation, with a bit of course material thrown in as a bonus.Thrun knew first-hand what it was like to crave superior instruction. When he was a masters-degree student at the University of Bonn in Germany in the late 80s, he found his AI professors to be lacking. He spent a lot of time filling in the gaps at the library, but he longed for a more direct connection to the experts. Thrun created his PowerPoint presentation because he understood that university education was a system in need of disruption. But it wasn't until he heard Khan's talk that he thought he could do something about it. He spoke with Peter Norvig, Google's director of research and his CS221 coprofessor, and they agreed to open up their next class. It was an educational experiment, but Thrun realised that it could also be the first step in turning that old PowerPoint into an actual business.In June he took the next step: cofounding KnowLabs, which he funded with $300,000 of his own money. He pulled in David Stavens, one of Stanley's cocreators, as CEO, and he tapped Stanford robotics researcher Mike Sokolsky to be CTO. They converted Thrun's guesthouse into a temporary office. Once ensconced on a scenic hillside on Page Mill Road near Stanford's campus, the team began planning. They had eight weeks before the autumn term started -- not unreasonable given the modest scope of the project. By late July, 5,000 students had signed up. A few days later the class numbered 10,000. And then Stanford called.Thrun had neglected to tell them about his plan -- he'd had a hunch it might not go down well. The university's chief complaint: you cannot issue an official certificate. Over the next few weeks, 15 meetings were held on the matter. Meanwhile, enrollment in CS221 was ballooning: just two weeks later, numbers totalled 58,000. In the 15 meetings, not one person objected to Thrun's offering his class online for free. The administration simply wanted him to drop the assignments and certificate. He refused. Those two components, he argued, were responsible for driving signups. Eventually they reached a compromise: offer a statement of accomplishment, not a certificate; and include a disclaimer stating that the class wouldn't count toward Stanford credit, grade or degree. By mid-August, word of his AI class went viral after a write-up in The New York Times. Enrolment passed 100,000. KnowLabs' website had been built to handle 10,000 students. Class was starting in a matter of weeks. "That," Sokolsky says, "is when I stopped sleeping." 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I don't really have much that I want to say about the recent layoffs at Relic. As of two weeks ago it was the best job I've ever had, and both the studio and THQ have always treated me really well. The fact that everyone I worked with there were such great people, and many of them are good friends, makes the news that thirty-nine of them were laid off yesterday that much harder to take. 300 people were laid off the same day from my previous (to Relic) company Rogers and I didn't feel a thing at hearing the news.
I think there's probably two things that would be appropriate for me to say, the first being that I hope that everyone who was laid off finds work. The gaming industry has been pretty great about offering up job opportunities to those let go, and hopefully that goes a long way to helping great people find work. I also am thinking of those people left at Relic where I imagine this is even more upsetting than it is from the outside.
The other thing I can say is that based on who I know was let go, and I don't know who all has left, it is likely that I would have been made redundant on Thursday as well. While I was worried that I was leaving a "stable" job for the uncertainty of an eight month contract at EA SPORTS, I now look quite clever. Leaving Relic was a hard decision to make, had I known then what I know now it would have been easier.


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