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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
September 19, 2012 Chris Meder reported gorgeous weather with no wind on the summit. They said it was quite welcome after a cold morning. People underestimate how cold it often is on that summit day. You’re high, so always a bit harder to stay warm. Going slow so everyone has a super good shot of […]
