{"id":867,"date":"2014-08-18T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.piratefrog.plus.com\/site\/?p=867"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:13:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:13:28","slug":"tanzania-july-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ccgi.piratefrog.plus.com\/site\/tanzania-july-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania &#8211; July 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In July\/August 2014, working as a Summit&nbsp;Leader for World Challenge&nbsp;Expeditions, I spend a few weeks near the top of Kilimanjaro and lead four groups to the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For photographs of this expedition see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10152169769927133&amp;type=1&amp;l=d836a9affc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Kilimanjaro<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expedition is arranged by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.world-challenge.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">World Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kilimanjaro, 5,895m\/19,340ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fly into Kilimanjaro airport (JRO) and take a taxi to Moshi for two nights, meeting my local team, doing admin and meeting my first summit team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ascend with the Rongai&nbsp;route and camp at Simba Camp (2,635m), Second Cave (3,480m), Kikalewa Camp (3,630m), Mawenzi Tarn (4,330m) and Kibo Camp (4,700m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Kibo Camp we&nbsp;set off for the summit that night arriving around sunrise the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We return to Kibo Camp and my first team descends to Horombo&nbsp;and I now stay here at Kibo awaiting my next group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days later my next group arrive and again we set off for the summit that night arriving around sunrise the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This repeats a couple more times and then, after four summits in two weeks, I descend via Horombo to Moshi for a well earned shower, meal and rest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.snow-forecast.com\/resorts\/Kilimanjaro.0to3top.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Kilimanjaro Weather Forecast for 5895 m (c) Snow-Forecast.com<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.snow-forecast.com\/resorts\/Kilimanjaro.0to3mid.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Kilimanjaro Weather Forecast for 4524 m (c) Snow-Forecast.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snow-forecast.com\/resorts\/Kilimanjaro.0to3bot.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Mount Kilimanjaro Weather Forecast for 3152 m (c) Snow-Forecast.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July\/August 2014, working as a Summit&nbsp;Leader for World Challenge&nbsp;Expeditions, I spend a few weeks near the top of Kilimanjaro and lead four groups to the summit. 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