September 16, 2018 Andy checked in from Barafu Camp on Kilimanjaro today. The team had a great day on the trail today and made it to High Camp in just a few hours. The team is feeling strong and looking forward to their summit attempt. The plan is to wake up at 11pm, have some […]
September 15, 2018 IMG Guide Andy Polloczek checked in this morning (his evening) from Karanga Camp on Kilimanjaro. He said the team had a blast climbing the Barranco Wall and made it to Karanga Camp in good form this afternoon. They’ll move to high camp tomorrow. If all goes as planned they’ll try for […]
September 14, 2018 “All is well at Barranco Camp” is the report I received by satellite phone from IMG Guide Andy Polloczek. The team had another great day on the trail despite the snow/grauple/rain that shortened their lunch break at the Lava Tower (14,500ft.) this afternoon. The team powered through the hiccup in the […]
September 13, 2018 Andy checked in this morning (his evening) and reported that the team had another great day on the trail! They dodged the rain by just a few minutes today. “It poured just after we got to camp” is how Andy put it. The clouds had already started to dissipate by the time […]
September 12, 2018 IMG Guide Andy Polloczek checked in from Machame Camp (10,000ft) on Kilimanjaro reporting all is well. The team enjoyed a nice rain free hike through the jungle, always a win on the first day. Once at camp they settled in and enjoyed a bite to eat. The team did well on the […]
September 11, 2018 Andy checked in today reporting that things went just as planned today. The team met at 9am this morning to get to know each other a bit and talk about their upcoming climb. Afterwards Andy met with the team members individually to do gear checks. Once all the business was out of […]
September 10, 2018 IMG Guide Andy Polloczek checked in from Moshi, Tanzania this afternoon reporting that all team members have arrived. They’re short 1 duffel bag, but that’s not a big worry, the bag will almost certainly arrive on tomorrow’s KLM flight. For now it’s rest up, adjust to the time zone and get on […]
August 13, 2018 Phunuru checked in this morning to report that he and his private team made it back to Moshi and enjoyed a final celebration dinner. Tomorrow, they’ll go their separate ways, Phunuru will head back to Nepal and the team will join our safari partners in the Serengeti for a 3-day Safari. […]
August 12, 2018 Phunuru called in last night and again this morning (Pacific Standard Time). The first call was from Stella Point, the crater rim, of Kilimanjaro. The team had already been to the summit and were comfortably on their way back down to Barafu Camp. Once at camp they enjoyed a nice nap […]
August 10, 2018 Phunuru kept it pretty simple with today’s check-in from Karanga Camp (3995m / 13,100ft) on Kilimanjaro. “All is well. Good weather today. We had fun climbing the Barranco Wall and enjoyed about an hour break at the top of the wall, then we made our way to camp where we had a […]
