Tanzania: Kili Day 7

Descended to Horombo via the "Coca Cola" (Marangu) route. Packed up and headed out for burgers with the guides and crew and (hopefully) a warm shower at the hotel.

Tanzania: Kili Day 6 (Summit day)

We successfully reached the summit today. Woke up at 11pm on Friday for a midnight departure for the summit. The climb included a relatively steep ascent (3.4 km distance with a 1.2 km vertical gain) to the crater rim, and then a snowy walk on a narrow path around the rim. The total climb (excluding descent and the 9.4 km hike afterwards to the campsite) took 7 hours.

Tanzania: Day 5 (Basecamp)

Climbed to base camp today (15,500 ft / 4,700 meters). If all goes as planned we will be sumitting by sunrise tomorrow (Sat.) morning. We will leave base camp at midnight tonight.

Tanzania: Kili Day 4

Sunny weather after a pretty rainy and snowy couple of days. Camping at 12,500 ft tonight in view of the summit tomorrow we move to base camp.

Tanzania: Kili Day 3

Shorter but steeper climb today, accented by some snow. We're camping at 13,800 feet and depending on conditions we will go for an afternoon acclimitization climb.

Track our progress on http://www.teamkilimanjaro.com/blog and look for "Joshua" (our lead guide).
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Tanzania: Kili Day 2

Climbed up to 12,000 feet today and camping here tonight. Above is a picture of our meal tent. Rained today right before reaching camp - not so pleasant, but warm and dry now.

Tanzania: Kili Day 1

Good hike out to our first campsite. Relatively short day. Camping at 2635 meters (8625 feet) tonight. Big day tomorrow