\n\t\t\t\tLooking Down on Barafu Camp (Dustin Balderach)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>
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It is just about \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgo-time\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 over on Kilimanjaro. We just heard from IMG guide Phunuru who is up at Barafu High Camp with a very excited team. As expected, they made easy work of the 3-hour hike up to high camp this morning. The Team is now packing up for summit night and relaxing in their tents. An early dinner and then they will try to grab a little sleep. But sleep is scarce up here. Not only is the air thinner at 15,100 feet, but the excitement of the night looms in the front of everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s minds. Not to mention you lay down in your tent at 6pm knowing you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be waking up at 11pm. This combination is not especially conducive to a good night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sleep for anyone climbing Kili. Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really matter though as all the preparation is behind them at this point and all they need to do is get some time off the feet and continue hydrating. Another unique camp, Barafu – meaning \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcice\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Swahili which is fitting – sits on a rugged, rocky ridge with excellent views. Its also cold here after dark. During the afternoon, you can watch weary summit climbers passing through camp knowing that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be in their shoes (or perhaps \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcboots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) the same time tomorrow. Tonight all the hard work of training and prepping will be put to good use as the Team sets off for the summit around midnight (Tanzania time). We wish the Team good luck and a great climb and look forward to hearing from Phunuru from the summit early tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
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December 22nd, 2017 It is just about \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgo-time\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 over on Kilimanjaro. We just heard from IMG guide Phunuru who is up at Barafu High Camp with a very excited team. As expected, they made easy work of the 3-hour hike up to high camp this morning. The Team is now packing up for summit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kilimanjaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18450"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18489,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18450\/revisions\/18489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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