September 21, 2009 Phil Ershler called in last night (10:21pm PST – 8:21am in Tanzania) after summitting Kili with 14 of his team members on top! The weather was good and the team moved uphill in good form and in good time! They’ll head down past their High Camp at Barafu Hut on down to Mweka […]
September 18, 2009 Phil called in from what has become his annual September Kilimanjaro climb… The group had a good day after an afternoon rainstorm which lasted for about an hour. They started the morning at the Shira Plateau in the zone of ‘weird plants’ native to the high mountain of Africa and finished the […]
July 10. 2009 Absence does make the heart grow fonder. Three years after my last Kilimanjaro expedition I returned with a fantastic group of IMG climbers to go to the top once more. The 3-year hiatus renewed my excitement in the mountains, wildlife, and people of Tanzania. The specialness of the region was more apparent […]
June 22, 2009 IMG guide Adam Angel called from Mweka camp (11,000′) on Kilimanjaro where the team has descended to after their summit climb. They had 100% success to Uhuru today (all the climbers summited.) Tomorrow they go back to Moshi, and the next day are off on safari. All’s well! Eric Simonson IMG Director […]
Tuesday, Feb. 17 IMG Senior Guide Craig John notched his 18th and 19th summits of Kilimanjaro over the last few weeks, with successful climbs to the Roof of Africa as the leader of our January and February teams. Our January group put 11 of 12 on Uhuru and the February group put 10 of 10 […]
