TAPS descends Kilimanjaro

Jambo friends, family and loved ones,

A fantastic summit day and a long descent left us tired yet satisfied.

We had great weather and a great team.

We took one last pic of the team and mountain? and trekked to the Meweka gate where our whole team celebrated our success with dancing ? and singing!

We drove back to Arusha and had a banquet, knocked out all the power in our hotel, had showers in the dark and jumped into real beds ?. We getting up early tomorrow for safari and flights. Thank you ? so much for following our journey to the top of Africa.

All our best,
Carole and Vern Tejas

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