This morning the climbers woke to tea and a bowl of hot water delivered to their tents. After breakfast of oats, pancakes or French toast, they began the climb up a short, steep section of the trail before coming to the dividing line between forest and heather. The trail continued along the narrow ridge and […]
After an hours drive from the hotel this morning, the group arrived at Umbwe gate (1800m). After completing a bit of paperwork, the hike started through the primary rain forest – onwards and upwards!
Lunch en route, and then the trail gets noticeably steeper but to compensate, the views are magnificent. The group climbed along a […]
The group arrived safely at the hotel in Kilimanjaro at about 11 am this morning. Everyone was pretty exhausted after flying through the night and then spending a three hour stop over in Nairobi before flying to Kili. Today was spent catching up on sleep and chilling. Everyone is amped for the climb tomorrow.
It snowed, it froze over, we were pinned in our tents. The weather forecast was set to improve but it’s never accurate on big ‘hills’. Of course the sun has to shine eventually. When I woke up at 1am on Monday we were still in ‘Fogville’. It was miserable. Big mountains generate their own weather, […]
‘We made it! A full house summited at 12 pm today. Well done to everyone especially the boys’.
The team are all safely back at the Povorot hotel in Terskol. Many thanks to Dirk for organising the snow plough which got everyone off the mountain at speed, after a successful summit in trying conditions.
Tomorrow will be spent […]
