Kili Team at Shira Camp

June 28, 2019

Always fun to field phone calls from Phunuru when he’s guiding Kilimanjaro. “All’s well, team’s great, everything’s good” is the typical message and that was certainly the case when he called in Thursday morning, Seattle time. Of course, their day was already over as it’s 10 hours later on Kilimanjaro.  Bottom line is that the team did well getting to Shira Camp, at around 12,500’. They’re well above the tree line now with unobstructed views of the mountain. Longer day tomorrow. Up past a place called the Lava Tower and then back down to camp at 13,000’. Climb high, sleep low is the climber’s adage. Why? Because it works great for acclimatization.

All remains well in East Africa.

Phil Ershler