After a brief rest, Earth Treks Lead Mountain Guide, Dan Jenkins is back in the field and leading a second team of participants towards the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro! After five hours of hiking through a temperate rain forest, they arrived at Machame Camp (10,000 ft) last night. Team members are excited and looking forward to the hike to Shira Camp (12,800 ft) today.

We'll have more updates and photos from Dan as the expedition progresses this week!

TONIGHT in ET Rockville, we're excited to host  US National Champion Sasha DiGiulian for an entertaining evening of short films and photos from her recent adventures (like the Petzl RocTrip to China last year!). Some of tonight's lineup includes footage of Sasha climbing Pure Imagination (5.14d), the hardest route ever achieved by a female climber. We'll also get a behind the scenes glimpse of her trips to Hueco Tanks, Cataluna, Spain, and the World Cup in Austria. Stick around after the presentation for a poster signing and chance to score some sweet swag!

When: TONIGHT! Thursday, May 31st at 7:30pm 

Where: Earth Treks Rockville [directions]

The facility improvements in Timonium are cruising right along. Now that the new flooring is down, we'll move into upgrading equipment and space in the fitness room. We think you're going to dig all of changes going on this summer!

The 2012 Wharton Kilimanjaro Expedition finished up in fine style this past Monday. After a successful summit day on Friday, the team hiked 6 hours back to the trail head on Saturday and enjoyed a well deserved rest that evening.

Their final day was spent on safari at the Lake Manyara National Park and later, viewing more big game at the Ngorongoro Crater (elephants, lions & rhinos, oh my!). The Wharton students will return home this evening and we wish everyone safe travels back to the States! 

At 7:50am Tanzania time, twenty-four Wharton students, two Earth Treks guides and eight African guides successfully arrived at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro! (19,341 ft) Everyone has descended back down to High Camp, tired but very proud of their achievements. Next, they'll head down to Millennium Camp at 12,500 ft. Way to go guys!!