The team summited at 0630 this morning in challenging conditions with lots of snow and high winds.
Lots of snow around. The team are now on their way to Barafu (4600m).
The team have reached Karanga camp (4040m).
Pink lichen, bearded lichen and major close up of green cool moss.
Team Tribeca leaving Baranco this morning…
Joe – the finest coffee roaster in the world grinding up a local Kilimanjaro bean to get us to the top. All gratitude to Tribeca and the team.
From Sean ‘We’ve all reached Baranco camp. Pouring with rain – everything absolutely soaked’.
From Sean ‘ All good. We’re heading up to Baranco Camp (3950m). There’s lots of rain and a huge crust of snow on top’.
The climb begins! After months of preparation, the Tribeca team, Arthur and Sean are on their way…
From Sean ‘We got to the crater at about 3.30pm with lots of soft, deep snow with crusty surface. Cloud and wind with at least 2 hours to the summit. We reached 6750m but in those conditions, we decided to turn back…’