December 26, 2015
Elephant Family celebrates Kili Summiteers!
Kilimanjaro: Big Christmas group on Kilimanjaro and a big success. Everyone – all 16 – summited Kilimanjaro on Christmas day. WOW! One of our customers is a great friend, and his entire family of 5 stood together on Uhuru. A Christmas day they’ll never forget. Everyone is down at Mweka Camp, in bed and warm, fed, and dead tired. The entire team climbed strong and is now looking forward to their safari.
Aconcagua: Other Christmas news includes our Aconcagua teams. Mike Hamill and crew took a rest day at base camp and are now getting ready for their first carry to C1. Weather’s good and forecast looks like nice for a few days. Additionally, Josh McDowell checked in to let me know IMG Guide Robert Janzten and he have arrived Mendoza and were met by our Argentine guide, Martin Lucero. They’ll finish shopping and packing and be awaiting the arrival of our second Aconcagua team for the season. All good there.
Vinson Massif: Finally, Greg Vernovage and Austin Shannon are now in Punta Arenas, Chile and waiting for the arrival of their climbers for our second Vinson expedition of the season. They’ve got a full crew, most of whom arrive on the 27th.
Bottom line, life is good for the IMG teams in Tanzania, Argentina and Chile (heading for Antarctica). Indeed – a very Happy Holiday season.
Phil Ershler