September 1, 2010 IMG Guide Olivia Cussen called in from the Keys Hotel in Moshi, Tanzania to report that all is well. The team arrived on schedule and have already knocked out their equipment check. They’ll enjoy a nice dinner this evening (they’re +10 hours from us here in PST) before leaving the hotel tomorrow […]
August 16, 2010 IMG guide Andy Politz reports by sat phone that the team had a beautiful summit day reaching Uhuru Peak, the highest point on the continent shortly after dawn. The descent went smoothly, and the team is now back to Mweka camp, at the upper limits of the forest zone. Tomorrow they will […]
August 15, 2010 IMG guide Andy Politz reports by sat phone that the Kili team reached Barafu camp (15,000 feet) Â today by lunchtime. Â Everyone is doing well and the weather remains excellent. After lunch the team had plenty of time to get packed up for the summit climb tonight and have a good lazy afternoon […]
August 14, 2010 IMG guide Andy Politz reports by sat phone that the team had a great day of hiking today and all are doing well at the Karanga camp (about 13,000 feet). The weather has been great and they are above the clouds. Today they left the Barranco camp, climbed up and over the […]
August 12, 2010 IMG guide Andy Politz reported by sat phone that that the team members are all doing well. Today they climbed from Machame Camp to Shira Camp (about 12,500 feet) via a steep section of trail that winds up a ridge to the Shira Plateau. Again, they had no rain but cloudy skies […]
August 11, 2010 IMG guide Andy Politz reports from Machame Camp that the Kili team had a good day today and everyone is doing well. Yesterday they organized their gear in Moshi and this morning headed up to the trailhead in 4WD vehicles. There was no rain today, but enough clouds to keep it cool […]
Summit! IMG guide Eric Remza reports that the July Kili team had a great day yesterday, with 100% reaching Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa. They left Barafu about midnight and reached the top shortly after dawn, in clear and cold weather. The descent went smoothly and everyone made it back down to Mweka […]
July 18, 2010 IMG guide Eric Remza reports by sat phone that the team had a fine day of trekking yesterday, with excellent weather. They traversed the famous Barranco Wall, then below the hanging glaciers of the south side of the mountain to Karanga Valley camp (13,000’). Everyone is doing well and the team was […]
July 15, 2010 IMG guide Eric Remza reports from Shira (12,000+ feet) that the July Kili climb is going smoothly. So far the team have had pretty good weather for their climb. Yesterday they went to Machame Camp and today they moved up through the cloud forest to Shira Camp. The team members are doing […]
July 9, 2010 IMG Guide and professional photographer Adam Angel snapped this photo on his latest Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari.
