July 21, 2014 Just in from Sheldon and our July Kilimanjaro team: “We are all safe and sound in the Keys Hotel. We had a great trip to Moshi – visited the Kilimanjaro Porter Assistance Project and a few artist’s shops. Enjoyed stone-oven pizza from the Key’s kitchen for lunch. Off early tomorrow to start […]
July 21, 2014 IMG Senior Guide, Sheldon Kerr, dropped us a note today from Moshi, Tanzania. Team’s arrived and all their luggage. How many times have we written about how big a deal that is?! Travel is tough. Climbing is easy. Gear checks, a walk around Moshi and shaking off a bit of jet lag […]
July 2, 2014 Craig John reports that the Kili team made it down safely, had a nice wrap up BBQ in Moshi after the climb, and after a well-deserved rest have now begun the safari. The little Arusha airport is the gateway to the vast Serengeti, and the Cessna 208 Caravan is the workhorse airplane. […]
June 30, 2014 The summit – again! Congratulations are in order to Craig John and his team of Chagga and climbers. 100% on the summit at Uhuru. Weather was perfect and the team’s already back at camp at Mweka (10,000 ft). Did you notice the Ice Terraces on the right side of the photograph? Pretty […]
June 29, 2014 After five days of gradual acclimatization, our Kili team are ready to climb! Craig John reports a nice hike today up to the high camp at Barafu (15,000 feet) and a lazy afternoon of eating, hydrating, and resting. The team will be up at 11pm and walking by midnight, and hopefully will […]
June 28, 2014 Sounds like it was a perfect day on Kilimanjaro. Craig John reports by sat phone that the team are all doing well, and they were also able to send a photo. The weather has been superb, with the persistent low clouds of the past week finally burning off so they can see […]
June 27, 2014 Craig John called on the sat phone to report that the IMG team are doing well, and had a good day of hiking today. Their route from Shira Camp climbed to over 14,500 feet near the Lava Tower, before dropping back down to the Barranco Camp at about 13,000 feet. This makes […]
June 26, 2014 IMG guide Craig John reports that the team had a good hike today up to the 12,500 foot Shira plateau. They left the trees shortly above Machame Camp and worked their way up a rocky spur ridge, before finally emerging on the giant lava plateau that defines the west side of the […]
June 25, 2014 IMG guide Craig John called on the sat phone to report that his next Kilimanjaro group were doing well. After a day of prep in Moshi, today they hit the trail and had a nice climb up to Machame Camp, at treeline, about 10,000 feet. They had a bit of rain this […]
June 15, 2014 Time to say good-bye to Denise and Dylan. Pretty cool when a mother/son team comes with us to Kilimanjaro and raises a bunch of money for a good cause at the same time. They both pretty much ‘cruised’ the entire trip. Who knows? Maybe they have other climbing adventures in store down […]
