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Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Return to Dik Dik

August 17, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

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Jambo! We are back to where we started, the Dik Dik Hotel. We have just finished a wonderful photo safari in Tanzania visiting Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Parks. We spent three nights in the African bush at two different tented camp lodges. This is an incredible way to view the wildlife and experience the excitement of Africa. Check out the photo below from our team mate Steve. Steve took this photo from the Kikoti Camp on our last night in Tanzania. Today, on our way back to the Dik Dik Hotel, we made a visit to a local orphanage to visit with our friends, drop some gifts for the children and check out the progress they are making on all of their projects. Now we are back at the Dik Dik Hotel, repacking our gear and trying to fit all of our new treasures safely into our suitcase for the journey home. We will have dinner and then head to the airport for our evening flights. It has been a great trip and we appreciate you following along on our adventure. I hope to see you on Mt. Rainier in September and if you are in Ashford drop by the Rainier Mountain Festival and say hello. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Celebrate During Last Night on Safari

August 16, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Mark Tucker checking in from Tarangire National Park. Another fabulous day of game viewing. What can I say? We had a birthday celebration this evening. Cake, balloons, singing, gifting. Very nice evening here at the lodge, a tented camp with a big bonfire... All is well... We'll be back at the Dik Dik tomorrow. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

Mark Tucker checking in from Tarangire National Park.

Kilimanjaro: Mark Tucker and team visit a Maasai Boma

August 15, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Mark Tucker checking in from Tanzania we have had another beautiful day out here on Safari. The Ngorongoro Crater is spectacular showing itself off to the team. The Maasai just keep getting richer. We visited one of their bomas today and invested. The checked luggage that we are bringing home is going to be pretty filled up. We are off the Tarangire National Park tomorrow and one more night at a tented camp out near Kikoti Rock. We will keep you posted on the adventures of the team.

Mark Tucker and Team Checking from Safari

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Hi Steve! We miss you, but it sounds like the adventure is going well. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Love, Shari

Posted by: Shari Fox on 8/15/2012 at 5:23 pm

Steve, there must be a reason for the white rings
around their necks, and they look really warm.

Mom

Posted by: Darlene Fox on 8/15/2012 at 4:18 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Mark Tucker & Team Visit Lake Manyara

August 14, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Mark Tucker here checking in from Kirurumo, a luxury tented lodge. Half of the team began their journey homeward bound. We wish them all the best on their travels. We stopped at Lake Manyara for some safari game viewing and ended up here. We are about a quarter of the way to Ngorongoro Crater, so a little bit of a drive tomorrow, but more safari in our near future. A luxury tented camp once again doesn’t look like anything on the mountain and everybody is enjoying it. All is good, having a blast. Wish you were all here

Mark Tucker and Team checking in from Kirurumo

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Did you get close enough to see the flamingos?

Posted by: Carl and Cindy on 8/14/2012 at 4:44 pm

Steve, the hippos are huge. Apparently the hippos are
are not bothered by people being nearby.

Mom

Posted by: Darlene Fox on 8/14/2012 at 4:11 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Finish Climb, Look Forward to safari

August 13, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Hello, We finished our trek of Kilimanjaro today as we hiked the final leg out from Mweka Camp (10,000') to the Mweka Gate (6,000') and said goodbye to our mountain staff. We met our driver and transferred back to the Dik Dik Hotel. After nice showers we enjoyed a great dinner celebration. We have some tired and sore team mates but everyone is very happy. We are getting excited for the safari adventure that starts in the morning! Please check out the photo below of Jan and Clint on the summit of Kilimanjaro on August 11th. The flag they are holding has been flown: on Mt. Rainier, Cotopaxi (Ecuador), Ixtaccihuatl & Pico de Orizaba (Mexico), the U.S. Capital, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, during Desert Storm, Fort Leavenworth, Albania, Germany during the removal of the Berlin Wall, and during Clint's retirement ceremony from the U.S. Army as Colonel. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

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What an inspirational photograph. Thank you, Clint, for your many years of service to our country and for sharing this flag with all! - Shari Fox

Posted by: Shari Fox on 8/14/2012 at 6:57 am

Way to go team! Enjoy the safari !

Posted by: Audrey on 8/14/2012 at 5:45 am

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Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Nestled in After Their Summit Day

August 12, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 10,000'

Well hello, Mark Tucker checking in. Here in the living zone. Lots of trees, air's so thick you can cut it with a knife. The whole team is already in the rack. 7:30! What's that all about? We had a big day, a very successful day. Everybody can take a big, deep breath. All the team is here and doing well. Fantastic! I can start to relax a little bit. We've got a few hours left on the hill tomorrow but overall, we are looking great. Happy times, great dinner, early breakfast and we'll have a nice program with the team here that has been supporting us. Donate a bunch of gear and cash in their direction. They've done a fantastic job supporting us. Not that we couldn't do this without those 56 men that have helped us a long the way. So we are all looking forward to singing a song with them in the morning. So all is well. We'll keep in touch. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

RMI Guide Mark Tucker checking in from Kilimanjaro

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Steve, can hardly wait to see all of the pictures that
you have taken. Enjoy the rest of your trip.

Mom

Posted by: Darlene Fox on 8/13/2012 at 8:00 am

Congrats! It must have been awesome!

Posted by: Kathy and Andy on 8/12/2012 at 12:46 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Seth & Team Enjoy Last Day in Africa

August 12, 2012

Posted by: Seth Waterfall

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Jambo! We are back in Arusha getting our last minute shopping in. Today's game viewing in Tarangire was excellent. We started with several close ups of elephant families and then, right before we exited the park, we came upon a pride of lions that was stalking a herd of wildebeests. The lions made several runs at the wildebeests but did not make any kills. It was still really cool to see the big cats in action though. After we finish shopping we will head back to the Dik Dik to clean up and then it's off to the airport for our flights home. It's been a great trip and today was the icing on the cake. RMI Guide Seth Waterfall

Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Summit!

August 11, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 19,340'

Well hello, Mark Tucker here. On the top of Kilimanjaro one more time! Uhuru Peak looking all the way into Kenya, beautiful day! A big shout out to last week's team. Sorry to inform you, we had a pretty breezeless day. Hardly any wind. You guys had a tough day. You guys hung in there, fantastic. We have a colonel from the armed services with us on this trip and he brought out the Old Glory. A beautiful flag that he has had all over the world during his services. A real special moment for us all. The team is doing great. Everybody's doing well. We're going to go ahead and knock this one off and head on down here. All is well and thanks for checking in on us. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

RMI Guide Mark Tucker and team on the Kilimanjaro summit!

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Could not have done it without our fearless guide leading the way.

Posted by: The team on 8/13/2012 at 9:46 am

Great News! Congrats to all. The view from the top looks spectacular. Enjoy the climb down. We miss you.

Posted by: Gayle on 8/12/2012 at 9:24 am

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Kilimanjaro: Seth and Team on way to Tarangire National Park

August 11, 2012

Posted by: Seth Waterfall

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Hello Everyone, This is RMI Guide Seth Waterfall checking in on our way to Tarangire National Park. It's our last full day on safari. Tonight we'll stay at Kikoti Camp, a remote safari camp on the far side of the park. Tomorrow we'll start our journey home.

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Keep up the good work Seth

Posted by: Bob johnson on 8/11/2012 at 7:48 pm

Tamara,
I am so proud of you!!!! You rocked Mt. Kilimanjaro! When you set out to do something,
you always do it well! Have a safe trip home and can’t wait to see you!

Posted by: Jenn Alvarado on 8/11/2012 at 7:21 pm

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Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Reach Camp with Good Timing

August 10, 2012

Posted by: Mark Tucker

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 13,000'

Hey again from Mt. Kilimanjaro checking in with our evening update. From the Karanga Camp, hovering around 13,000'. Well we had another great day, can't help but reported it. We climbed the Barranco Wall, which was a half hour of fun. I can't tell you how many pictures I shot and they are going to be looking good in the old photo album, I guarantee it. It was getting a little bit dusty so we called upon the rain god. We got a little sprinkle then we got into camp and the sky opened up a bit. It didn't really soak things but just enough to kind of keep the dust down. Now I see the summit above me, a billion stars out, a little cloud layer below, temperatures not too bad. We are all in good shape. There was no wet gear created. We were perfect timing on that so we are looking really good for our push up to high camp tomorrow. We are all thrilled. Had a great meeting. Went over a lot of details and as a team are doing very well. Don't you worry, we are having a good time and everything is A OK. RMI Guide Mark Tucker

RMI Guide Mark Tucker checks in from Karanga Valley.

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Hi Steve - Judy has her first two open water dives tomorrow. We’ll take lots of pictures:-). Pulling for you to have the best experience ever tomorrow. Enjoy! Love you! Shari, Connor, Judy, and Micro

Posted by: Shari Fox on 8/11/2012 at 5:05 pm

Hi Steve!
Glad all is well and trust the rest of the trip will be equally if not more so…

Happy Trails! Love, Dad and Cindy

Posted by: Carl and Cindy on 8/11/2012 at 9:30 am

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