January 17, 2013 George called from about 12,600’ on Kilimanjaro at Shira camp. The team did very well moving up to camp keeping a nice steady pace. The weather has been cooperating for the most part, though, they’ve experienced a bit of rain in the afternoon the last two days. In spite of the damp […]
January 15, 2013 IMG guides George Dunn and Jenni Fogle report that the IMG team have all made it to Moshi and are doing well. Today they did equipment checks, packed up their duffel bags and took a trip into town to look around and pay a visit the Kilimanjaro Porter Assistance Project office.  George […]
January 2, 2013 Ang Jangbu reports from Kilimanjaro airport that the final day of the safari went smoothly and that everyone made their flight connections. They started with a 7:30am departure from Ngorongoro crater, then headed back to Arusha for lunch, repacking, and some shopping, and finally continued on to JRO airport later in the […]
December 31, 2012 Ang Jangbu reports: “We had an amazing day. Visited Olduvai Gorge, Masai village, and saw all the animals that live in the Crater. Our Safari guide/driver surprised us just before climbing up from crater to the rim – they pulled out a couple bottles of wine!  We celebrated the good safari and […]
December 30, 2012 Just in from Jangbu and our Kilimanjaro team. Here’s what he had to say: “We had a great day today. Left the Serengeti Sopa at 8 am and arrived at the Ndutu Safari Lodge at 3 pm, seeing countless numbers of animals, as usual. Saw leopard twice, one in Seronera and one […]
December 29, 2012 Jangbu was able to email us today with the following message: “Our flight landed at Seronera at 4 pm. We were on the Regional Air flight and left Arusha at 3 pm. Started our game drive right away and continued on our way to the Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Saw lots of animals […]
December 28, 2012 The Kilimanjaro team is back at the Keys Hotel. Hot showers, food and clothes drying were the order of the day. Soon, they will be flying out to the Serengeti and beginning the first of 3 days on safari. Of course, the only way to do a Kilimanjaro trip is to do […]
December 27, 2012 Received a short email from Jangbu today. All it said was ‘Made It – The Whole Team’. He followed up with a phone call saying that he was standing at Uhuru, the true summit, and with all the team members. They threaded the needle on this one. Weather didn’t make it easy […]
December 26, 2012 The following email from Jangbu over on Kili greeted us this morning: “We pulled into Barafu camp by 11:30 this morning. Everyone is doing really well. Like every day, we got rained on a bit, but not too bad. Had a great lunch at 12:45 pm and doing early dinner at 5:00 […]
December 25, 2012 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 […]
