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Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - 10:58 pm PT
Hello Everyone
The team awoke early today and left behind the comforts of our beautiful lodge and have headed to the mountain towards the start of the climb. We hit the road shortly before 8am we drove along the rural country side for a little less than 2 hours to reach the park entrance. Most of the area surrounding Kilimanjaro has been cultivated and primarily used for coffee production and for a variety of other agriculture needs, but there are still some areas that have been untouched and resemble more of a savannah that Tanzania is known for.
The base of Kilimanjaro is forested and resembles a jungle or cloud forest. Traditionally it supports a large part of the banana production for this area.
Once at the gate we had all of our gear weighed and divided into 20kg loads for our porters to carry before hitting the trail. Once everything was in order we started our climb slowly and made our way up the winding trail. It wasn’t too busy which made for some pleasant hiking. It took a little over 5 hrs to reach our camp for the night which sits just shy of 10’000ft.
The team just finished an amazing hot meal and are looking forward to a good night of sleep at our new home for the night.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the Kili crew
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Kilimanjaro Climb & Safari, September 9, 2024
Posted by: Mike Walter, Alan Davis, Alex Halliday
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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Posted by: Mike King, Nick Scott, Gloria Roe
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 9,000'
Love following along and getting daily updates. Be save and enjoy your time. Love you Becky!
Posted by: Kay Robinson on 12/17/2018 at 7:20 am
Happy birthday Slamma! Enjoy the start of this trip around the sun starting even closer to it than usual <3
Posted by: The Chartbigs on 12/17/2018 at 4:46 am
Posted by: Christina Dale, Lucas Haaland, Alex Halliday
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Seminar
Elevation: 7,300'
Posted by: Mike King, Jess Matthews, Nick Scott
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 9,000'
Dad!
I can’t believe you’re already at 10K-something ft. That’s truly incredible. I leave for Brazil tomorrow and am spending the day baking a ton of cookies to give as gifts. They’re pretty damn good too. I’ll get to spend a little time in São Paulo this time which will be cool. Don’t know that city very well. We’re also going to Foz do Iguaçú so maybe I’ll hop over to Argentina for a day. Anyway, I hope you’re being careful and good to your body. Please be safe and don’t push yourself too hard!
Remember that tonight when you look up at the sky, even though our stars are different, we’re both looking at the same moon. I love you so much and am so proud of you.
Posted by: Emma on 1/3/2018 at 8:12 am
Happy New Year Daddio!
So jelly you are in beautiful Argentina, make sure you take lots of pictures! It’s finally sunny here, which is a good sign for 2018 I think. Hopefully it lasts! It’s also a full moon tonight. Miss you, love you! Be careful, take care of your back and knees!!
Posted by: Rowen on 1/1/2018 at 2:32 pm
Posted by: Mike King, JM Gorum
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
On The Map
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year! Here’s to your journey and wishing you all success!
Be safe, have fun! Love, the Andersen girls
Posted by: Natalia on 12/31/2016 at 10:18 am
Rob, looking forward to following your journey with Mike and team. Safe travels and Happy New Year to everyone! Mike and Paula
Posted by: Michael and Paula Richards on 12/31/2016 at 9:40 am
Posted by: Dave Hahn
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Vinson Massif
The photo is beautiful! Good luck on tomorrow’s climb!
Charlotte
Posted by: Charlotte Williams on 11/29/2016 at 5:16 pm
The view of the mountain is gorgeous! Glad to read the weather is good. Hope it continues. Good luck!
Yuki
Posted by: Yukiko Loritz on 11/29/2016 at 9:08 am
Dear Lori and Dave - So great to see your smiling faces ontop of Mt. Kiliminjaro today!! You made it!! Wow!!
Have a great rest of the trip!!
Love,
Leslie
Posted by: Leslie Busch on 7/19/2015 at 1:36 pm
WOW - great job - so proud of Derick & the whole team!
Posted by: wayne and catherine salkowitz on 7/19/2015 at 12:49 pm
Posted by: Mike Walter, Solveig Waterfall, Billy Haas
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 17,200'
On The Map
You have been so disciplined and patient. Delighted it has paid off. Go for it and good luck.
Art Muir
Posted by: Art Muir on 5/30/2015 at 9:22 am
Posted by: Mike Walter, Solveig Waterfall, Billy Haas
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 14,200'
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Glad to hear that the weather gods are cooperating! We wish you all an excellent summit day and look forward to the photos and stories.
Eric - ¡ Vaya con dios hijo!
Posted by: Sally Maca on 5/30/2015 at 6:17 am
Go get ‘em team! Patience pays off with Mike and Solvieg at the helm! :) enjoy the ride and views. Cheers.
Posted by: Jeff on 5/29/2015 at 6:55 pm
Wishing you great climbing weather for the summit bid. I’m hoping that when I wake up in the morning (May 29) I’ll see your personal tracker shows you’re well on your way to the summit.
Take care Tom M and the whole Walter team.
With love
Jacquie
Posted by: Jacquie Byatt on 5/28/2019 at 9:03 pm
Let Dan Koster know that his family has been following your blog and we are excited for the summit bid! Glad you weathered the storm and are pushing on to Camp 17,200’!
Go Team Walter!
-Mark Koster
Posted by: Mark Koster on 5/28/2019 at 12:27 pm
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