Kilimanjaro Expedition Dispatch
February 15, 2019 – We Made It to Karanga!
We made it to Karanga camp. This is our 5th night on the mountain; we are at 4,000 meters now; we were all the way at 4,600 meters at Lava Tower last night. That’s part of the plan; get up on the mountain, stay relatively high; push up higher, and now our 5th night on the mountain, we descended a bit more; we are going to take a deep breath and look up at this beautiful mountain above us; we are climbing tomorrow to high camp and then the top, the crater and Uhuru Peak.
Everybody is looking good, this game is about acclimatization; the oxygen saturations are very good.
The mountain is challenging, the weather changes, we now traversed all the way around from the western edge of mountain to the eastern side and now we begin ascending towards the top.
This team has been great and we will keep you posted; I hope you get the photos. We are having a great time on Kilimanjaro and we are going to do this!
Listen to Wally's call
Team arriving at Lava Tower
Jackson Brown
Hand washing station at 15,000ft – Lava Tower camp
John and Tracey at Lava Tower
View of and Arch on the Way from Lava Tower to Great Barranco Wall
Team at Lava Tower
John and Tracey together at Lava Tower
Lava Tower Sign
Our team is ready to go
Jennifer and Jim on the trail
Richard at Lava Tower
Jennifer Brown
Starting the Barranco Wall
The Browns are ready to climb
Time to go
Team Barranco
On the way up
Step by step
BAI guide giving Tracey a hand
John is right behind
Medical Box Porter always around
Going up the Barranco Wall
Jim Brown is climbing the Wall for the second time
John and Tracey
Ryan on top of Barranco Wall
Ryan and Berg Adventures guide Alex
Arnold
Cornel – always smiling
Chief Guide Julius – is one of the most experienced guides and glacier experts working on the mountain. He has been climbing for Berg Adventures since 2002
Keep climbing to the top
Dad with son and daughter
Walking toward Karanga
Karanga Camp
At Karanga Camp Yona baked a cake for Jim Brown family and friends