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 […]
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 […]
