{"id":29756,"date":"2025-09-22T08:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=29756"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:31:05","slug":"kilimanjaro-summits-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/22\/img-news\/kilimanjaro-summits-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro Summits!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, 2025<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29758\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Happy-climbers-on-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29758\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29758\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Happy-climbers-on-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Happy-climbers-on-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Happy-climbers-on-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Happy-climbers-on-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond-620x826.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Happy-climbers-on-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond-146x195.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy climbers on Uhuru Peak (Max Bond)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>IMG lead guide Max Bond reports that the team tagged the summit of Africa and have now safely descended to the Mweka Camp.\u00a0 They departed Barafu Camp at midnight and hit Stella Point on the Crater rim at dawn.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29756 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Getting-close-to-the-summit-on-Kili-at-dawn-Max-Bond.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Getting-close-to-the-summit-on-Kili-at-dawn-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Getting-close-to-the-summit-on-Kili-at-dawn-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Getting-close-to-the-summit-on-Kili-at-dawn-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Getting-close-to-the-summit-on-Kili-at-dawn-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Getting-close-to-the-summit-on-Kili-at-dawn-Max-Bond.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29757'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting close to the summit on Kili at dawn (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Looking-east-at-dawn-towards-Mawenzi-Peak-from-near-the-summit-Max-Bond.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Looking-east-at-dawn-towards-Mawenzi-Peak-from-near-the-summit-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Looking-east-at-dawn-towards-Mawenzi-Peak-from-near-the-summit-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Looking-east-at-dawn-towards-Mawenzi-Peak-from-near-the-summit-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Looking-east-at-dawn-towards-Mawenzi-Peak-from-near-the-summit-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Looking-east-at-dawn-towards-Mawenzi-Peak-from-near-the-summit-Max-Bond.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29759'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking east at dawn towards Mawenzi Peak from near the summit (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>From there it was another half an hour of hiking around the crater to the tippy top, Uhuru Peak. \u00a0Max reports that it was cold and clear, and they were glad to have their warm parkas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29760\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-trail-on-the-crater-rim-linking-Stella-Point-and-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29760\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29760\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-trail-on-the-crater-rim-linking-Stella-Point-and-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-trail-on-the-crater-rim-linking-Stella-Point-and-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-trail-on-the-crater-rim-linking-Stella-Point-and-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-trail-on-the-crater-rim-linking-Stella-Point-and-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-trail-on-the-crater-rim-linking-Stella-Point-and-Uhuru-Peak-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trail on the crater rim linking Stella Point and Uhuru Peak (Max Bond)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The descent to Mweka Camp took the rest of the day as the team made their way down 9000 feet of scree, rocks, and rugged trail to the treeline at about 10000 ft..\u00a0 Tomorrow the plan is to get an early start and finish off the last few hours of hiking down to the Mweka Gate for celebrations and tipping out their Chagga Staff.\u00a0 Then, they will descend in the minibus back to the hotel in Moshi for showers, beers, and a BBQ dinner.\u00a0 Well done, team!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, 2025 IMG lead guide Max Bond reports that the team tagged the summit of Africa and have now safely descended to the Mweka Camp.\u00a0 They departed Barafu Camp at midnight and hit Stella Point on the Crater rim at dawn. 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