October 3, 2012 Chris just called in from camp near the Ngorongoro Crater. This is their last night. They’ll be driving back to Arusha tomorrow, getting in some final shopping and having an early supper before their flight. Here’s what he had to say: “During this morning’s game drive, our safari guides delivered the highlight […]
Kilimanjaro
Let The Game Viewing Begin
October 2, 2012 From: Chris Meder Date: October 2, 2012 9:40:31 PM PDT To: Phil Ershler, Eric Simonson Subject: Sunrise in the Serengeti After saying goodbye to some of the Kili climbers, we had a nice flight into the Serengeti with a great preview of the Ngorongoro crater from above. The afternoon game drive yesterday […]
Kili Team Summits Then Eats Too Much
September 30, 2012 Chris called in Sunday morning from the Keys Hotel in Moshi to let us know everyone summitted and was safely down and off the mountain. They had way too much for lunch and dinner and were heading for bed. A few rounds of beers and the handing out of summit certificates rounded […]
Summit Morning For Kili Team
September 28, 2012 IMG Senior Guide, Chris Meder, and team should be waking up shortly and beginning their push to the summit of Kilimanjaro. One of the benefits of doing the climb in seven days is that the team gets to high camp at Barafu quite early in the day, allowing them time to organize, […]
Grandeur Of Kilimanjaro
September 27, 2012 From: Chris Meder Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 5:39 AM (Tanzania) To: Phil Ershler; Eric Simonson Subject: Grandeur of Kilimanjaro Another spectacular day of hiking here in Tanzania. The morning challenge of the Barranco wall led us to an up close look at the southern glaciers of Kilimanjaro. Always a stunning sight. […]
At Barranco Camp
September 26, 2012 From: Chris Meder Date: September 27, 2012 7:36:34 AM PDT (Tanzania) To: Phil Ershler, Eric Simonson Subject: At Barranco Camp Phil & Eric, The group did well on the climb to Lava Tower today. Â The weather pattern has changed a bit since the last trip, meaning less clouds in the afternoon which […]
On The Way To Shira Camp
September 25, 2012 From: Chris Meder Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:21 AM, (Tanzania) To: Phil Ershler; Eric Simonson Subject: On the way to Shira camp Phil & Eric, We had great weather again today on the climb to Shira camp. Everyone is enjoying the views. The group was sad to say goodbye to one […]
A Nice Walk To Machame Camp
September 24, 2012 One down and one to go. That’s IMG Senior Guide Chris Meder’s mantra right now. He picked up the second IMG Kilimanjaro team for September the same evening he helped the first crew board their flights home. We lucked out again with all members arriving (more or less) on time and with […]
Kili Crew Spots The Big Five
September 22, 2012 From: Chris Meder Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:43 PM To: Phil Ershler; Eric Simonson Subject:Â Having a blast Phil, Eric, We had a great day yesterday in Ngorongoro crater, seeing lots of animals including the Big Five, hippos, wildebeest, and a lesser known cat, the serival. The cooks prepared us another […]
Another Spectacular Safari
September 21, 2012 The Kili team checked in this morning, evening their time. Safari overload! All we got from them was that everyone’s feeling super after their summit success and that “we saw just about every animal between Serengeti and Ngorongoro today and the group is loving it.â€Â Guess that’s really all we need to […]