Posts for Kilimanjaro from 07/2011

Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Ascend to Shira Plateau

Posted by: | July 27, 2011
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Kilimanjaro
Elevation: 12,000'

Jambo!

We had a great first day and night on Kilimanjaro.  We awoke this morning to perfect climbing conditions.  After our team breakfast we packed our bags and set out for our next camp on the Shira Plateau. 
We ascended to 12,000’ traveling through the “Giant Heather” zone to our camp over looking the majestic Great Rift Valley.  Before reaching camp the afternoon rains began so we grabbed our rain gear and continued on.  With our dining tent and all our sleeping tents set up by our great mountain staff when the team reached camp, we have remained dry throughout the afternoon and evening.  We will have a nice team dinner before retiring to our tents for the evening.

The weather already looks like it is starting to clear so we’ll hope for clear skies by morning when we set out on the trial again.

We will check in again soon!
RMI Guide Mark Tucker

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Kilimanjaro: Jeff Martin and Team arrive in Tanzania

Posted by: | July 26, 2011
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Kilimanjaro

Jambo from Tanzania,

Our African adventure has started!

The majority of the team arrived on the KLM flight from Amsterdam tonight. Definitely a tired group of travelers, but that is to be expected after the almost 24 hours needed to get here. Any arrivals hall is a bit chaotic, and Kilimanjaro International Airport is no exception. Safari teams and climbers alike look for their guides and drivers throughout the crowded maze of people. We found our team pretty quickly and got immediately out of the action and headed to our bus. We had an opened bottle of champagne waiting for us, and after a quick toast to Kilimanjaro, we were on our way to the hotel. One more performance of the “duffel shuffle”, and we moved into our rooms where we will be spending the next two nights.

We are minutes away from sitting down to a three course dinner on the outside patio at the Dik Dik Hotel. I think roasted lamb is on the menu tonight…. Tough transition from airplane food, but someone’s got do it.

La la salama,

Jeff

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Kilimanjaro: Mark Tucker & Team Begin Trek

Posted by: | July 26, 2011
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Kilimanjaro

Jambo
Our team arrived safely in Arusha, Tanzania on July 24th.  We spent two nights at the beautiful Dik Dik Hotel resting and recovering from our long flights and adjusting to this new climate and time zone.  After sorting our gear, repacking our bags are readying ourselves for the mountain, our trek of Kilimanjaro has finally begun.  The Dik Dik hotel is fantastic but it is great to get started on the mountain.  We enjoyed perfect climbing conditions today. We drove from the Dik Dik Hotel to the Machame Entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park.  We donned our day packs and started out, enjoying the feel of our feet on the trail after so many hours of travel.  From the entrance to our first camp, the Machame camp, we gained about 3,800’.  We pulled into the Machame Camp (9,800’) in good style.  We are resting, eating popcorn in our nice dining tent and enjoying each others company.

Everybody feels great and did just fine today. We are looking forward to a good nights sleep and another good day on the trail tomorrow.
We will check in again soon.

RMI Guide Mark Tucker

An RMI Team on the first day of their trek, ascending to Machame Camp.  Photo: RMI Collection

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