Jambo friends, family and loved ones,
We loaded up our Land Cruiser with all of our mountain equipment and drove the the park entrance gate at Machame.
We decided our team name would be “Tough as Snails” because we are so tough. We registered at the gate.
We will lose connectivity soon so I will be calling in these cybercast via satellite phone for the rest of our climb.
Stay tuned for the future cybercasts of the Tough as Snails 
All our best,Vern Tejas and Team
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