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07 Apr Posted by Jody Cole in Jody Cole | Comments Off

Finding Comfort in the Covid-19 Crisis

My job as a safari guide in Africa allows me to take women (and men) on journeys to the great wilderness of the African Bush. Where it all began. A place of alluring and ancient mystery, a place of extraordinary adventures for the brave at heart. Africa’s wilderness with the huge beasts and invisible scaries, […]

09 Mar Posted by Jody Cole in Jody Cole | Comments Off

I Made It!

I was going to try to make it. I was really going to try. But this time I couldnâ€™t make it by myself. At least I knew that much. I was going to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro â€“ again. I was going to climb it, all 19,340 feet of it, for the second time. My first […]

17 Nov Posted by Jody Cole in Jody Cole | Comments Off

Why Risk My Life on a Mountain?

In 1998, I had an epiphany. I was busy whining to my friends and to myself about how useless my life had been up to that point, and when youâ€™re in that place in your life sometimes it takes just the right word to change your life forever. By the end of 1998, I had […]

07 Sep Posted by Jody Cole in Jody Cole | Comments Off

Safari Dreams

Africa can be a dream vacation, as it was for me. I thought I would just go, check it off my ‘bucket list’ and come home. But what happened to me is what happens for so many of my guests on safari. They walk through a door they never can, nor want to, close again. […]

14 Aug Posted by Jody Cole in Jody Cole | 1 comment

The Ellie’s Mock Charge

When you’ve been to Africa as many times as I have, you begin to collect what the safari guides term “encounters” with dangerous wildlife. I’ve had my share, especially since I prefer getting on the ground versus vehicle tours. Unlike in the movies, wildlife of all sorts have ways to let you know you’re unwelcome […]

24 Jun Posted by Jody Cole in Jody Cole | 1 comment

How A Borrowed Jacket Saved My Life

In 1998, I had a life-changing phone call. I was in one of my sad-me moments, whining to a friend about how hard my life was and how everything that was wrong because I was wrong, and well you get the picture. But in my self-involved haze, I hadnâ€™t taken the time to remember who […]

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Jody Cole // Posts published by Jody Cole

Finding Comfort in the Covid-19 Crisis

I Made It!

Why Risk My Life on a Mountain?

Safari Dreams

The Ellie’s Mock Charge

How A Borrowed Jacket Saved My Life

What's InsideA lesbian smorgasbord

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