Reflections

Our climbers are waking up to their last day on the mountain. They’ll have their last breakfast in the mess tent and then start their trek. They’ll descend through the rainforest past towering trees and lush ferns to a hot lunch at Mweka Gate – where they’ll end their adventure on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Summit is an 11 to 16 hour day. Climbers go to sleep after an early dinner the night before and are woken up around midnight to being their summit attempt. After a light snack, they ascent into darkness, cold, and wind. Temperatures usually range from -4° to 5° fahrenheit. This is where climbers feel the altitude, so they’ll carry as little as possible, hike slowly, and take many rests to ease the symptoms.

Our climbers are waking up to their last day on the mountain. They’ll have their last breakfast in the mess tent and then start their trek.

Summit is an 11 to 16 hour day. Climbers go to sleep after an early dinner the night before and are woken up around midnight to being their summit attempt. After a light snack, they ascent into darkness, cold, and wind. Temperatures usually range from -4° to 5° fahrenheit. This is where climbers feel the altitude, so they’ll carry as little as possible, hike slowly…

The final reflections.

Our climbers are waking up to their last day on the mountain. They’ll have their last breakfast in the mess tent and then start their trek. They’ll descend through the rainforest past towering trees and lush ferns to a hot lunch at Mweka Gate – where they’ll end their adventure on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Summit is an 11 to 16 hour day. Climbers go to sleep after an early dinner the night before and are woken up around midnight to being their summit attempt. After a light snack, they ascent into darkness, cold, and wind. Temperatures usually range from -4° to 5° fahrenheit. This is where climbers feel the altitude, so they’ll carry

Closing thoughts and reflections.

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The final reflections.

Our climbers are waking up to their last day on the mountain. They’ll have their last breakfast in the mess tent and then start their trek. They’ll descend through the rainforest past towering trees and lush ferns to a hot lunch at Mweka Gate – where they’ll end their adventure on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Summit is an 11 to 16 hour day. Climbers go to sleep after an early dinner the night before and are woken up around midnight to being their summit attempt. After a light snack, they ascent into darkness, cold, and wind. Temperatures usually range from -4° to 5° fahrenheit. This is where climbers feel the altitude, so they’ll carry as little as possible, hike slowly, and take many rests to ease the symptoms.

After a slow, relaxing morning in Homer the team packed up and headed to Anchorage. They enjoyed a lovely closing dinner to recap the week and celebrate the success of the trip! On departure day the team packed up their 150 pounds of salmon filet and 250 pounds of halibut filet to take home.

The next day brought many hours to fish for halibut and salmon on a private charter boat all day long which then got to be enjoyed for dinner that evening.

After some downtime, the team ventured to Homer to settle in to their new private lodge. For dinner they enjoyed a nice meal out in Homer Spit and had the opportunity to explore Spit and Bishop Beach. The next day brought many hours to fish for halibut and salmon which then got to be enjoyed for dinner that evening.

109 pounds of fresh salmon frozen and headed home. 109. Pounds. A successful day floating along the Kenai River and catching some great looking salmon! After a fun and exciting day the team got to enjoy a delicious salmon dinner back at the private lodge.

Day 3 brought a half day hike to their destination for trout fishing! The day included lunch on the banks on the river with drinks and dinner back at the private lodge.

After landing in Anchorage the team got to enjoy exploring the city, meeting the fishing guides, and settled into their 5 star hotel. Upon waking up the team took a short drive to Seward followed by the Kenai Fjords National Boat Tour. Their boat even got a little love tap from a passing whale! After a drive to Soldotna the team settled into the private lodge and enjoyed dinner, drinks, and time around the fire.

Read a day by day log of our trip to Alaska. All posts will be written by those traveling on this trip and published in real time – even when they’re fishing and hiking. They’re in for the adventure of a lifetime! And you’ll get to follow along!!

Our climbers are waking up to their last day on the mountain. They’ll have their last breakfast in the mess tent and then start their trek. They’ll descend through the rainforest past towering trees and lush ferns to a hot lunch at Mweka Gate – where they’ll end their adventure on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Summit is an 11 to 16 hour day. Climbers go to sleep after an early dinner the night before and are woken up around midnight to being their summit attempt. After a light snack, they ascent into darkness, cold, and wind. Temperatures usually range from -4° to 5° fahrenheit. This is where climbers feel the altitude, so they’ll carry

As our climbers near the summit, they have another short day for acclimatization today. After breakfast, climbers leave Karanga Camp and make their way across moraine with a view of Mawenzi and Kibo to Barafu. The alpine desert terrain is full of boulders with lichen and moss. Upon reaching camp, climbers will spend

After breakfast, one of the biggest challenges for our climbers begins. They’ll climb up and over the Great Barranco Wall. Getting to the top of it will take 1 to 2 hours. After the wall, climbers will cross a barren and rocky plateau with views of Kibo and three glaciers before descending into Karanga Camp. As they cross the

Today, the trail runs through a black lava desert past millions of boulders. From the Shira Plateau, the group will go up a ridge, past the trail to the peak of Kibo, to Lava Tower (known by locals as Shark’s Tooth). During their lunch break, they can take in the snowline above the Lava Tower. After lunch, they’ll descend to the

Today is a shorter day that starts with climbing up a steep ridge to a small cliff named Picnic Rock. Climbers will start in the moorland zone which is above the rainforest and clouds. As our climbers hike up the steep ridge, they’ll be rewarded with a sweeping view of Machame Camp and Machame Village. The air will

Our group will start climbing after registering in the National Park’s Climber Log and eating lunch. They’ll start hiking on a forest road through the rain forest – which is why it’s wet and humid climate where they start climbing. To the right and left of the road are Mount Kilimanjaro’s giant red germs and impatiens. The path will

Day Two of our epic Kilimanjaro Adventure!

BECAUSE TOMORROW WE CLIMB!

Today…we had training from our guides and Drew about the climb. They talked about going slowly…together. In Swahili…our guides and porters will say to us often…“Polay, Polay, Pemoja, Pemoja”

That’s “slowly, slowly, together, together”

Today marks the beginning of an incredible journey! Everyone has arrived safely at Mount Meru Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. Similar to Mount Kilimanjaro, which comprises of three volcano cones, Mount Meru is also a dormant volcano and stands at 14,968 ft. Let’s hope our climbers have good weather on Mount Kilimanjaro