September 16, 2012 Good news last evening (Seattle time) from Africa. IMG Senior Guide, Chris Meder, called me from the top of Africa. The group was standing on the summit! Obviously, great news. Summit day on Kilimanjaro is tough. It’s an early morning start and a long, steady pull to the crater. It takes guts […]
September 13, 2012 IMG Senior Guide, Chris Meder, “emailed†from the Machame Camp at 10000 ft on the side of Kilimanjaro yesterday. First day on the trail is now complete. A bit of light rain but so light they didn’t even need their Gore-tex. Today, they break out of the forest and head for the […]
September 10, 2012 Chris Meder, IMG Senior Guide, sent us a quick email from Africa. It’s late there, his time. Just wanted to let everyone know that all his team has arrived in Africa and with all their luggage. They transferred to the Keys Hotel, had a late dinner and went straight to bed. Lots […]
August 16, 2012 IMG guide Max Bunce reports that the Kili team wrapped up their safari today at Ngorongoro and managed to have some excellent lion viewing “up close and personal”. Everyone seems to have survived, so I’m figuring that they stayed in the vehicle and the lion stayed on the ground. Now they are […]
August 15, 2012 IMG guide Max Bunce reports that reports another good day of game viewing on the Serengeti, with lots of lions, cheetahs, hippo, and also a black rhino, which are getting pretty rare, and are normally confined to certain areas where they are protected by rangers from poachers. Today the team will hit […]
August 14, 2012 IMG guide Max Bunce reports from the Serengeti that the team is having a fun safari. Yesterday they saw two leopards, which are the most elusive of the “Big Five”. The others on the list are elephant, cape buffalo, lion, and rhino and they are all more predictably seen vs. the leopard […]
August 13, 2012 IMG guide Max Bunce reports that the climbers had a nice celebration back at the hotel in Moshi after their climb. Now they are heading out for 4 days of safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Their safari starts with the 45 minute flight from Arusha to the Seronera Airstrip out in […]
August 12, 2012 Bolivia – Vernovage checked in. All continues to go well for these guys. They’re set to ascend their first objective: Pequeño Alpamayo. Peru (Machu Picchu) – Peter Anderson called in and was in a great mood! The team enjoyed another perfect day yesterday on the trail. ‘T-shirt weather” he called it. Today […]
August 9, 2012 Heard more from Max about the day to Baranco. Just another great hike. Trip to Baranco took about 6 hours with a little side trip to the top of the Lava Tower. Karanga next, then Barafu. Max reports the team is still moving quite well. Phil Ershler
August 8, 2012 When we hear from the Kilimanjaro teams, they’re about 12 hours ahead so they’ve already put in a day’s worth of work and our day is just getting started. Baranco Camp was the last call in and all’s well. Karanga is next on the schedule. It’s nice to break up the long […]
