Jesse and James checking in from Argentina in 2022! The first day of the new year seems as good a time as any to officially introduce our Cerro Pissis Expedition. We are joined by James Kennedy from California, local guides and experts of the Northern Argentina region, Pablo Fortunato and Julian Castro, and finally myself,…
Climber James Kennedy and Mountain Trip lead guide Jesse Yon have arrived to the Catamarca province of Argentina to climb 22,293′ / 6,795m Cerro Pissis, the third highest peak in South America and the world’s second highest volcano. This is Mountain Trip’s first expedition to this large, inactive stratovolcano, so we’re looking forward to hearing…
Hello Friends and Family, Yesterday we toured the Ngorongoro crater where we saw a heard of 6000 wildebeest and a group of 20 elephant, among many other animals. Our knowledgeable safari guides taught us the habits and characteristics of each of the animals we saw. We stopped to visit a Masai tribe living according to…
Hello everyone, This morning we awoke at the Arusha Coffee Lodge to yet another beautiful day in Tanzania. Perfect temperatures and sunshine have blessed us throughout our trip. Dawni made close friends with the local blue ball velvet monkey crew, greeting her each morning on the porch of her cabin. Today, we packed up and…
SUMMIT!!!! Mountain Trip Lead Guide Jason Denley called in an update and passes around the satellite phone to the whole Montana team on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa. They reached the 19,341′ summit via the Western Breach route after several days of acclimatizing on the mountain. We wish the team…
The team arrived at their high camp at the toe of the nearly extinct Arrow Glacier today. It’s a short day of hiking to move up to this high camp, but they’ll only get a few hours to rest before taking off for the summit tonight at around 1am. The route they are taking is…
Jason called in for the team from Moir Camp this evening at 13,600ft on the flanks of Kilimanjaro. They had a nice trek up from Shira 1 camp today and stopped for lunch at “Fischer Camp”, a camp named for the legendary American mountaineer Scott Fischer from his many trips to Kilimanjaro. They’re all doing…
Phillip called in the evening dispatch from the Kilimanjaro team from Shira Camp 1. They were woken up early by the local monkeys, and got off to an early start to the day, climbiing up out of the forests and jungle down on the lower flanks of Kili and up into the drier Moorlands today. …
The team is finally on the move today and they began their trek up Kilimanjaro! They passed through some dense forest and jungle today, enjoyed seeing monkeys in the trees above them. They arrived in camp for tea time and a chance to relax before dinner. Here’s Jason checking in with the dispatch from the…
The team is going to start on the trek up Kilimanjaro today! They’ve had a couple of relaxing days enjoying the wildlife and the lodges around the base of the mountain and they’re excited to be on their way up. They’ll hop in the Land Cruisers this morning and drive to the trailhead where they…