June 22, 2023
IMG Kili climbers take a break on their way to Shira Plateau
IMG’s indefatigable Phunuru Sherpa reports that the June Kilimanjaro team members are all doing well. The weather has been excellent, despite some clouds (but no rain) down low. Yesterday the team trekked up through the forest to the Machame Camp at treeline. After a pleasant night there, today they emerged from the forest and climbed up to the Shira Plateau camp (about 12,500 ft). Now they are well into the “zone of weird plants†with the strange high altitude equatorial species like the groundsel and lobelia in abundance.   From the Shira Plateau there are great views of Kilimanjaro and also Mt Meru, near Arusha.  Tomorrow the team will head to the Barranco Camp. So far so good!
Eric Simonson