DAY 04: Rob en route to Machame Camp
DAY 05: Camping on the Shira Plateau with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background
DAY 06: Rob at Barranco camp
DAY 06: Barranco camp
DAY 07: Scrambling up the Barronco Wall
DAY 08: Headed to High Camp
DAY 08: Inside the dinner tent with the team
DAY 08: Clay at High camp
DAY 09: Gun’s Up! Rob at Uhuru Peak.
DAY 10: The Staff needed to support the western expedition team for seven days
from the RMI expedition itinerary:
Day 10: After a much needed night’s rest the team continues the descent down through the forest, finishing our trek at the Mweka Gate (6,000′). After we load up the gear, our bus takes us back to the Dik Dik Hotel to rest and celebrate. Hiking time is approximately 3 – 4 hours.
So I just received this “Words With Friends” in-game chat message… awesome. Team Junell is back at the lodge, showered, and feeling accomplished. And Rob is ready for me to wrap up this three week long 500+ point game against him. Mission Complete!
Rob’s “Words with Friends” In-game Chat Message
email from Rob 07/29/13
Spent the day recovering from the 24 hour marathon flights. Breakfast at 9am after a great sleep. Big mosquito net surrounds our beds. After breakfast our guide, J.J. Goes throughout equipment list and comes to our rooms to make sure we have everything. We pack our bags and load them on the vehicle that will take them to the trail head tomorrow. I take off with one of our porter's, Oswald, to climb a tower and look above the forest that surrounds our lodge. Then we go on a 1 hour walk to explore the next village and see some of the farms where they raise fresh fruit and vegetables. Come back to the lodge and crash for a one hour power nap. Clay gets word that their bags have arrived at the airport so he goes to pick them up.
Tomorrow up at 5 am. Breakfast at 6. Leave at 7 for the trailhead. Our starting place is the Machame Gate at 5,900 ft and we have a 6 mile hike in the forest to Machame Camp at 9,890 ft.
Tutaonana (See you later in Swahili)
Rob
Our team at lunch: Samantha in pink and Clay on the right at the Dik Dik Lodge in Moshi, Tanzania
Check out this weird video Rob shot of monkeys in the pool.