Archive for December, 2011

Chief Guide: Jonas Gerald
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 1448 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011 :

We arrived at Barranco Camp @ 1700 and all 10 climbers are doing well. Foggy here.

Chief Guide: Tumaini Sandi
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 1502 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

What great weather we had for the summit push. It was dry with no wind.
4 climbers reached Uhuru peak while 1 climber (A) had to stop because of severe pain in her back due to an accident 2 years ago. She stopped the ascent @ 5400m. We are on the way to Horombo for tonight and all the climbers are very happy, though tired.

Chief Guide: Jonas Gerald
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 1226 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011 :

The rangers have advised against continuing through to Kikelewa as there seems to be a lot of wildlife on the mountain at the moment, but with our 3 teams of 21 climbers and over 80 staff, we will be fine. We have about 90 minutes to go before we arrive at camp.

Chief Guide: Thomas Jonas
Route: 6 Day Umbwe

Latest guide report received at 1332 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

All 4 climbers are doing well and we reached Umbwe Cave Camp OK yesterday. Today we are heading to Barranco Camp and the weather is being kind to us.

Chief Guide: Simon Kaaya
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 1125 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

Both climbers reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro this morning. They are very happy.

Chief Guide: Jackson Mtui
Route: 6 Day Machame

Latest guide report received at 1308 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

One of the climbers succeeded in reaching Uhuru Peak this morning, while the other climber was unable to continue past Stella Point. This climber is looking to spend 2 more days on the mountain and try again while the other descends.

Chief Guide: Nick Basso
Route: 6 Day Machame

Latest guide report received at 1045 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

2 climbers reached Uhuru peak this morning @ 0830, while the other 2 could not proceed past Stella Point. All the climbers are very happy and we are on our way down to Mweka Camp.

Chief Guide: Leonard Solomon
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 0706 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

We are on the way to 2nd Caves for lunch and then on to Kikelewa this afternoon. All 3 climbers are doing well and the weather is sunny today.

Chief Guide: Jonas Gerald
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 0812 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011 :

All 10 climbers are doing well and are enjoying the wonderful clear views of Kibo and back out into Kenya. We are heading to Kikelewa via 2nd Caves for lunch.

Chief Guide: James Mattu
Route: 7 Day TK Rongai

Latest guide report received at 0746 GMT on Saturday 31st December 2011:

Unfortunately 1 climber is unable to continue due to a fever picked up before arriving on the mountain. This fever is causing physical weakness so we have agreed to descend off the mountain by retracing our steps.