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Leaders - Robin Beadle and David Fisher
Dave has sent some more photos from the trip.
We have had a brief message in from David to say that the team have summited on a Mixture of Nelion and Batian. Tomorrow they are heading out of the park so we will have a full update then.
The team have spent today acclimatising, with some members going to Point John and others having a practise on the first couple of pitches on the route itself.
All arrived at Austrian Hut lunch today after sumitting Point Lenana.
Happy New Year from Shiptons Camp (4240m) Mt Kenya! Arrived here lunchtime after beautiful valley walk & lots flauna fauna. Pm walk to Kami Tarn (4450m)
The team have arrived and are all set to head to the mountain.
The team have now met up with Robin and then set off to Simon gate for lunch, a walk up to Old moses camp to arrive back at dusk. This was following a brief encounter with some water buffalo. The group then woke up to clear weather with view of a snow covered Nelion and Batian on the north face. The had a short 3 hour trek up to Liki hut (3390m) today to then arrive by lunch time.
Robin is an IFMGA and British Mountain Guide, and was involved with Adventure Peaks’ Alpine courses from their inception. He has led professional and private expeditions to South America, Africa, Indonesia, Central Asia, Antarctica, the Arctic and the Himalaya. He has summitted Everest as a guide for Adventure Peaks, together with 6 clients and 5 Sherpas. Robin is a regular Adventure Peaks leader, and recently successfully led our first expedition to Lhotse.
David holds the highest UK mountaineering qualification - the Winter Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor (WMCI). As part of a long and varied carrier in the outdoor industry working with both children and adults, David has also been involved with the training and assessing of other instructors through the Mountain Training schemes, along with being a fully qualified climbing arborist.
Well known for his strange aversion to all things cheese, he hasn’t let this handicap hold him back from worldwide travel, with personal trips around Europe and New Zealand, and expedition leadership to Norway, Tanzania, the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, the Nepalese Himalya, the Caucasus Mountains of Russia, and the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.