Still in Moshi

Yes... We are still in Moshi... Time is running short but we are still under the window... Once again, a big story with an happy ending... There was still missing a permit from the Kilimanjaro National Park (required about one month ago)... We went to colect it yesterday but it is a national holiday in Tanzania (end of Ramadan and there is a large number of muslims here). By the way, today is also public holiday... Consequences: in a European situation you were really in troubles (where to find the responsible on Christmas day to give you the necessary permit?) But a lot of phone calls and by the end of the day we were obtaining the permit... So, we still could talk with a person responsible for the logistics (at the same time that we were watching Sporting defeating Basel) and everything is now setup to start tomorrow...

So, at 8h30, when the gates will open, 27 persons (8 team members, 5 guides, 13 porters, and 1 cooker) will start the climbing...

Meanwhile, at the same time that I was making someone millionaire (shillings speaking), one team is already in the field collecting gravimetric data... For this, we are having the great support of our Tanzanian colleagues, which already know a lot of beacon points that we can us to connect also with the vertical grid.
And the second team is now crossing the border... So, by evening all the participants we will meet together... In this way, it was not bad to wait one day... The only problem is that we don't have any margin anymore in the mountain and the latest news are: strong winds and -21 celsius at the summit... Who said this is a easy life? (the latest comment is just to be nasty)