We have word that we should pick up the climbers later today! We have not heard if all made it to the top, but I know that all intended to make a final push… after their day of rest. We’re all anx­ious and excited for their safe return… and will be cel­e­brat­ing with a big dinner…cooked by Matrona……

The Kil­i­man­jaro climbers are now above 16,500 feet and all are feel­ing some effect from the alti­tude. Sam Fell, one of the film crew, has descended after reach­ing 16,000 feet. It is never pre­dictable as to who might feel the effects of the alti­tude, to the point of debil­i­tat­ing ill­ness, and con­se­quently forc­ing a descent. Sam suf­fered a lot,…

Phones, Flights, Flo­rentina and Faces It is almost 3 a.m. on Sat­ur­day morn­ing, here in Tan­za­nia. As I am ground sup­port for our Kil­i­man­jaro climbers, I’m up late fig­ur­ing out a few bugs in our inter­na­tional call­ing sys­tem. We Amer­i­cans are very funny in our expec­ta­tions, believ­ing we can set up sys­tems in a third world coun­try… like cell phones……