Here’s another great Kili outing sponsored by the High Altitude Mountaineering Committee. Kilimanjaro is the world’s largest free-standing mountain and is one of the fabled Seven Summits. The CMC uses the Machame and Mweka Routes. The trip will include a four day budget safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Nights are a mixture of a comfortable & rustic hotel used by CMC members since 1957; travelers camps; and tents. Trip size is limited to 14 persons. To join, you must be in excellent physical condition and be comfortable with travel in the Third World. Final cost may vary slightly depending on currency exchange rates and increase in park admission fees.

Posted price includes lodging at double occupancy; ground transport; all meals on mountain; half board at hotel & on safari; climb package; park fees; Tanzanian visa; gratuities; leader expenses; and CMC administrative fee.

Not included in posted price is international air fare to Tanzania; indicated shots & mediations; trip insurance; airline baggage fees; a few meals; souvenir purchases; single supplement for lodging; bar tab.

There will be a mandatory-attendance planning meeting in September to answer questions.

The trip packet is available from the trip sponsor; Steve Bonowski; beginning on May 21. Steve has led Kilimanjaro 7 times for the CMC. Contact him at: climbersteveb@gmail.com.

No phone calls please.

CLIMB KILIMANJARO WITH CMC & SAVE THOUSANDS!!

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Join in for the 8th trip to the highest summit in Europe organized by the CMC’s High Altitude Mountaineering and Adventure Travel Committees. Elbrus; located in the spectacular Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia and one of the fabled “Seven Summits;” offers strenuous, but not overly difficult climbing. Basic knowledge of ice axe and crampon usage; and roped team travel; is essential. The trip plans to use the standard southern approach from the Baksan Valley and the route passes the ruins of the famous Priut (Hut) of 11 that burned in 1998. Days are allotted for acclimatization and extra summit attempts if bad weather intervenes. Transit is through Moscow and includes a day long city tour at the end of the trip.

Trip cost includes domestic airfare within Russia; all lodging and most meals; ground transportation & airport transfer fees; guide fees in the Valley; Russian visa & all permit fees; gratuities; leader expenses; and CMC administrative fee. Trip cost does not include international air fare; baggage fees; trip insurance; some meals; bar tab; souvenir purchases. Final cost may vary slightly as some costs are denominated in Euros, not dollars or rubles.

To obtain the trip application, itinerary, and other information, contact Vern Bass, the trip leader at: 4efs@eazy.net

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HAMS is accepting submissions of names and climbs for the annual list of higher or “exotic” peaks climbed by HAMS members.

Click here for more info and to submit your climbs.

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