{"id":25969,"date":"2022-06-23T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=25969"},"modified":"2022-06-24T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:56:15","slug":"25969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2022\/06\/23\/img-news\/25969\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Kilimanjaro team is on the way!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IMG guide Phunuru Sherpa reports from Kilimanjaro that our custom Kili team have begun their climb. \u00c2\u00a0Yesterday they drove from Moshi up through the coffee and tea plantations to the Machame Gate (about 6000 ft) where they checked in with the Park Service and showed their permits.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25971\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kili-climbers-at-the-Machame-Gate-at-about-6000ft-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25969]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25971\" class=\" wp-image-25971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kili-climbers-at-the-Machame-Gate-at-about-6000ft-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kili-climbers-at-the-Machame-Gate-at-about-6000ft-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kili-climbers-at-the-Machame-Gate-at-about-6000ft-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kili-climbers-at-the-Machame-Gate-at-about-6000ft-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kili climbers at the Machame Gate at about 6,000 ft (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then, with our crew of local Chagga guides and porters, they headed up through the forest to the Machame Camp at about 9300 feet.\u00c2\u00a0 The Machame Camp is located at the top of the forest zone, and tomorrow they will leave the trees behind and ascend into the moorland, heading for the Shira Camp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25970\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Machame-Camp-at-abouut-9300-ft-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25969]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25970\" class=\" wp-image-25970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Machame-Camp-at-abouut-9300-ft-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Machame-Camp-at-abouut-9300-ft-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Machame-Camp-at-abouut-9300-ft-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Machame-Camp-at-abouut-9300-ft-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Machame Camp at about 9,300 ft (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So far Phunuru says that everyone is doing well, and the weather is decent.\u00c2\u00a0 They had a little rain but it cleared up later.\u00c2\u00a0 All\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s well on Kilimanjaro!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMG guide Phunuru Sherpa reports from Kilimanjaro that our custom Kili team have begun their climb. \u00c2\u00a0Yesterday they drove from Moshi up through the coffee and tea plantations to the Machame Gate (about 6000 ft) where they checked in with the Park Service and showed their permits. 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