June 30, 2012 Eben Reckord reports that the IMG Kili team had a good night at the 13,000 ft Barranco Camp. Nice! The next morning it was time to ascend the famous Barranco Wall, which involves a steep trail and a little scrambling in a few places. The top of the Barranco Wall is one […]
June 29, 2012 IMG guide Eben Reckord reports that the team had another spectacular day today, hiking from Shira Plateau to over 14,500 feet near Lava Tower, before dropping back down to the Barranco Camp. Barranco camp is situated in a valley below the famous Breach Wall, with the glaciers hanging down. Everyone is acclimatizing […]
June 28, 2012 The weather allowed some flying yesterday. Mike Hamill was able to fly off with his team and Greg Vernovage was able to fly on with his. Nice for everyone. Mike’s team will be anxious to get cleaned up and celebrate their success while Greg’s team is anxious to get to the project […]
June 28, 2012 Eben Reckord reports that the IMG Kili team has been enjoying fantastic weather. Yesterday they had a nice hike up through the forest to the Machame Camp (just below 10,000’) and today they had gorgeous day hiking up to the Shira Camp (a little over 12,000’). Everyone on the team is doing […]
June 27, 2012 IMG guide Eben Reckord reports that our first summer season team is on the way to Machame Camp. For Kilimanjaro (3 degrees south of Equator) there is not really a summer and a winter, just two wet and two dry seasons a year (June-early Oct is one of the dry ones).  There […]
June 26, 2012 Yesterday was a classic ‘hurry up and wait’ scenario – hurry up to get on the airplane, go for a quick ride down the taxi strip and then turn around and shut down the engines. That’s OK – no guts, no glory. Today, all the gear is still in the van and […]
June 25, 2012 IMG guides are always coming and going. Mike Hamill and Greg Vernovage should be exchanging handshakes this week when Mike flies off Denali and Greg flies on. Mike’s been guiding with AMS on Denali, had a great trip and is heading back to Seattle to repack and get on a plane for […]
June 24, 2012 Well, my duffels are all packed and I can’t wait to get this show on the road. Kilimanjaro is one of my favorites. Not only is the sunrise on summit morning one of the best I ever get to see, we go on a real safari as well! I’m looking forward to […]
June 21, 2012 Justin Merle just called in from the summit plateau at 2:10 pm PDT after his team topped out on Liberty Cap, a false summit on the mountain, but the end of the technical difficulties on the Liberty Ridge route. They have a couple of hour’s slog over to the true summit, then […]
June 20, 2012 Good news from Liberty Ridge! Justin Merle called in this afternoon at 2pm PDT. The team is doing well. They spent last night on lower Curtis Ridge at  7,000’ and got an early start this morning, walking by 6am. They made good progress climbing the Carbon Glacier to the foot of Liberty […]
