Trip Reports
The team woke up under the forest canopy at Big Tree camp (9,120ft) to monkeys howling at sunrise, nobody gets to sleep in at Big Tree camp. After a breakfast including porridge, eggs, and toast, they hit the trail towards Shira 1 camp (11,500 ft). Here’s the dispatch from the team. “We ascended around 2600…
After enjoying some wildlife viewing at the N’darakwai Lodge, the team made for the mountain. They arrived at the Londrossi Gate Park Entrance (7,350 ft/2,250 m), where they began the Lemosho Route. Jason sent us some Inreach messages with the team update: Today the team checked in the NPS and began our trek up Kili. We…
Our Kilimanjaro lead guide, Jason Denley, writes in to give us this update yesterday: Hello Friends and Family, We have all successfully made it to Tanzania. We are currently staying at the Ndarakwai Ranch Camp and will depart for the mountain tomorrow morning. At times it feels as if we are staying in the middle…
It’s the last month of the dry season in Tanzania and a perfect time to climb Kilimanjaro. This 19,300ft/5895m peak towers over the forests and plains of Tanzania, and still holds some remnant glaciers in the crater of this dormant volcano. Our team has arrived in Tanzania and today they are checking their equipment and…
Josh calls in to let us know they made it to Camp 2. After a nice nap, the team is gearing up to make the final push through the very early hours of the morning into Basecamp. This time of year, the lower glacier offers the best conditions when it is most frozen which is…
Team Brazil left Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m) yesterday and descended into Camp 2 at 11,200′ (3413m). Due to the warmer conditions found on the glacier this time of year, teams are traveling largely at night (or really, early in the morning) when the glacier is most frozen. This provides teams with the best travel…
The June 22nd team has made it back down to Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m). They will rest up here, and eat some other food besides backpacker meals! After some rest, and waiting for the glacier to freeze up again overnight, they will make their way back down to Basecamp. Soon they will be catching…
After spending the night in High Camp after their summit attempt, Team Brazil has made it back down to Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m). They will rest up here, hydrate, eat something besides backpacker meals, and start making their way back down to Basecamp and soon be catching a flight back to Talkeetna. Here’s Gustavo…
The June 21 team put in a big effort for a summit attempt yesterday. This is a huge day, covering over 3,000′ of elevation gain and 5.5 miles round trip. The day can take teams anywhere from 10-18 hours to accomplish. During that time, a multitude of factors can come into play and change throughout…
We are so excited to hear that yet another Mountain Trip team has touched the frozen reaches of Denali’s summit at 20,310′ (6190m)! It is a big day to make the summit push, ranging from a 10 hour to 14 hour day. The team saw some of the most technical terrain they have yet had…