Alpine Ascents Mount Kilimanjaro Cybercast

Kicking off last and first Kilimanjaro climb of the year

Posted on December 29, 2024 by alpineascents

Jambo friends, family and loved ones,

Vern Tejas here saying welcome to our exciting ascent of the highest free standing volcano in the world. The team is providing us with a rather creative name, so hence forward we will be known as the “Jaro Ash Holes”. We got to know each other over breakfast answered many questions during our orientation session. Everyone proved they were able to follow instructions by turning up with all the items on our list.

After gear check we toured town. The Uhuru monument was a must see commemorating independence from England

Then it was off to the market to buy everything imaginable….the fruits were amazing

What day would be complete without a celebration dinner. I highly recommend the grilled fish with mashed bananas. Tomorrow we begin climbing the Lemosho route to the top of Africa. Feel free to climb along with us through our daily progress updates.

All our best,
Vern Tejas

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Timmerman Traverse for Sickle Forward

Posted on September 13, 2024 by alpineascents

A few pics from an epic day 13 September.

The team is doing amazing!

Eric, Luke and the team

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Thanks
Eric Murphy

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Timmerman Traverse for Sickle Forward departs for Kilimanjaro

Posted on September 11, 2024 by alpineascents

Hi everyone

The team is all prepped and we are off to Kilimanjaro.
This campaign has raised 1.2 million for early detection and treatment of Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania, Mali and Ghana. An amazing effort by an amazing group of biotech leaders and innovators. Stay tuned for more as we journey to the roof of Africa together.

Eric, Luke and the Team

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Thanks
Eric Murphy

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Team Porter Right wraps up Kilimanjaro

Posted on July 2, 2024 by alpineascents

Jambo Everyone,

Team Porter right wrapped up Kilimanjaro last night with a big celebration dinner in Arusha.
Today everyone is off to Safari on the famous Northern Circuit of Tanzania- Serengeti National Park, NgoroNgoro Conservation Area and Tarangire National Park.
My thanks and congratulations to a fantastic group of people for all their hard work this week on Kilimanjaro!
We need also to be thankful for our amazing Tanzanian crew, without whom we would not be able to succeed. They work tirelessly,
always with a smile, to support our journey up and down the mountain. They embody the best of us and are simply wonderful people. Their contribution to the success and cultural richness of Kilimanjaro cannot be understated.

“Porter Right” = a situation that happens often on the trail as the hard working porters of Kilimanjaro pass by you with big loads.

Asante Sana

Eric and the team