December 31, 2014 From: Max Bunce Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 12:50 PM To: Eric Simonson; Phil Ershler Subject: Happy New Year From Tanzania! Happy New Year from Tanzania! The Wildebeasts have arrived. We saw hundreds of thousands on the short grass plains of the Serengeti before we transferred to the Ngorongoro crater under cool, […]
December 30, 2014 IMG guide Max Bunce reports that the team departed the Seronera area in the mid-Serengeti, and moved east to the Ndutu Lake area, the home of some great wildlife viewing. This is in the heart of the shortgrass plains, where the millions of zebra and wildebeest are starting to congregate as part […]
December 29, 2014 From: Max Bunce Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 12:21 PM To: Eric Simonson; Phil Ershler Subject: Kili blog update We flew into the Serengeti today and started off our Safari with a bang! Some of the highlights was a rare sighting of a Serval cat and a pride of 16 Lions. All […]
December 28, 2014 Happy Holidays to everyone. Here’s the big holiday weekend update for all IMG groups in the field: Mike Hamill and Team Taylor were 100% successful on Vinson and spent Christmas at Union Glacier at 80 degrees South Latitude in Antarctica and are hoping to begin flights home on the 29th. They’re having […]
December 28, 2014 IMG guide Max Bunce called to report that the entire team reached top! They hit the crater rim at Stella Point, then traversed around to Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa. Weather was excellent. The descent also went well, and they have now descended safely to Mweka Camp. After a well-earned […]
December 25, 2014 IMG guide Max Bunce called on the sat phone to say that the team had a beautiful Christmas hike today. They got up early and were rewarded by being among the first on the trail up the Barranco Wall. This is the steepest part of the climb and is very spectacular. The […]
December 24, 2014 The Barranco Camp at 13,000 feet is one of the most spectacular places to pitch a tent on Kili, with the Breach Wall above and plenty of strange plants in the area. Max called to say that the team reached here today. They had a little rain along the way, but it […]
December 23, 2014 IMG guide Max Bunce called in to say the the team had reached over 12,000 feet up on the Shira Plateau. The weather was nice today and they had a good hike up from the Machame Camp, starting at the top of the forest zone and then traversing the heath and […]
December 22, 2014 IMG guide Max Bunce called on the sat phone to report that the team all made it up to Machame Camp, at the treeline just below 10,000 feet. They had a nice hike up today through the forest, and everyone is doing well. He said they had a few showers during the […]
December 19, 2014 IMG senior guide Max Bunce is back in Moshi, getting ready for our annual Holiday Kilimanjaro trip. This year the plan is for the team to summit Kili on December 27. Then, they go on safari and will be enjoying New Year’s eve at the fabulous Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge perched on the […]
