Kilimanjaro: Tucker & Team Reach Summit With Entire Team, Descend to Last Camp
All is well here at Meweka Camp 10,000'. It is raining a bit but we are dry in our tents.
We had a very nice climb today. We started around midnight from Baranco Camp and reached the summit of Kilimanjaro at 7am. There was very little wind and clear skies. We enjoyed a beautiful sunrise and a nice morning shadow of the mountain with clouds below. Once we returned to High Camp, we packed up quick and pushed down the remaining 5,000' of, at times, steep trail in a few hours. It's our last night on the big hill and sleep is going to come easy. Our mountain staffs preparing dinner. We have a great crew taking care of us. And I had the pleasure of leading a fine team up to the Roof of Africa today.
Audio Message from summit of Kilimanjaro:
Hey, Mr. Mark Tucker here on the top of Kilimanjaro. We left as a team from the High Camp and still on top as a team. Awesome job by the whole group here and little bit chilly, but wow very little wind so we had a very very very nice climb. So we're going to probably start heading back down here in just a minute, and we're all doing great. So we're going to head down hill and we'll get back to you a little bit later. Ciao for now.
RMI Guide Mark Tucker
RMI Guide Mark Tucker calls in from the summit of Kilimanjaro.
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Comments (3)
Congratulations to all. Have fun on safari.
Posted by: Peter Melrose on
Jambo! Good job, Mark! Thanks for your blogs. Mom and Dad
Posted by: Margaret Tucker on
Great news! Thanks for all the updates!
Posted by: Lynn Martin on