December 25, 2012
Climbing up the Barranco wall on Christmas (photo: Ang Jangbu)
Christmas at Karanga. The team’s at about 13,500 ft for Christmas. With the new snow on Kili, they certainly are having a white Christmas, at least higher up. Here’s the email Ang Jangbu provided Christmas morning:
“We are at Karanga Camp. Pulled in to camp at 12:15 pm, just before the big down pour. It started to rain a little when we were getting ready to leave the top of Barranco Wall and rained lightly until we reached Karanga River and then stopped but It’s pouring right now at 1:00pm as I type this message. Hopefully, it will stop raining at some point so people can dry things out.
Everyone is doing well. Here is a shot I took on the wall. We did not get the view from on top Barranco wall.
Lunch here pretty soon when the rain gets little lighter. Can’t sign off without wishing everyone back home a Merry Christmas.â€
Phil Ershler