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Elbrus and Fann Mountains
Chris Barton
cebarton@amoco.com
Scotland Fri Dec 18 11:48:55 GMT Standard Time 1998

Andrew and Fay, great idea to provide an Internet Guest Book.
Patience and I much enjoyed our trips arranged or organized by EWP to Mount Elbrus (1993) and the Fann Mountains (1995).
Hopefully will be arranging to go on more trips with EWP in the future.

Best wishes for Christmas and New Year.
Chris and Patience Barton, Banchory, Scotland.

Fann and Fagaras
Jan Cropper
j.cropper@ucl.ac.uk
UK Fri Dec 18 12:09:22 GMT 1998

Hi, Andrew Fay and fellow EWP trekkers

Barry and I have had two very enjoyable trips with
EWP: to the Fann in 1997 and the Trail trip to the
Fagaras this year. Both had their moments! And
we'd recommend both to others, though not necessarily
the same others.

Hope to join you on other treks in the future:
do you do any more beginning with F? :-)

Jan and Barry Cropper
St Albans

Caucasus/Elbrus Ski-Touring
Pete Rotheroe
rotheroe@ipce.eu.sony.co.jp
Germany (U.S. and British dual citizen) Sat Dec 19 17:17:08 UTC+0100 1998

I'm interested in your Caucasus/Elbrus ski-tour. I'll be in touch by telephone sometime next year.

Kili and Kenya
Shani Tan
shani@singnet.com.sg
Singapore Mon Dec 21 09:06:56 Taipei Standard Time 1998

The Mt Kenya/Kili trip last Christmas was a really good trip - Mt Kenya was beautiful ( even though it rained all week while we were there ) and the wild camping on Mt Kenya was marvellous. The Hotel in Nairobi was a haven from the noisy hustle and bustle of the African city and a very pleasant place to relax and rest in. Kilimanjaro was really fun and getting to the summit in blustery conditions made it a very memorable experience.

Christmas Greetings
Edmund
edmund.papworth@virgin.net
UK Mon Dec 21 18:33:27 GMT Standard Time 1998

Just a wee note to wish everybody at the Weilochowski household a Merry Xmas. Also, Andy you
might like to know that the NE face of Lienspitz and the traverse of the Nadelgrat is a very
interesting day out (yes I had a great summer).

Best wishes
Edmund.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Totmod Soeland
gt.soland@ah.telia.no
Norway Mon Dec 21 21:51:32 1998

Thank you for exciting trip in Mt. Elgon and Rwenzories Christmas/New Year 95/96.

Tien Shan
Tony Haywood
DFB_London@compuserve.com
Alderney, Channel Islands Wed Dec 30 12:00:18 UTC 1998

My mouth is watering at the idea of visiting Tien Shan but where o where is your tel. / address to send a cheque for your guide "Central Tien Shan" !!

Silk Road trip advertised in Geographic
Dr. A. Pollock
a.pollo@virgin.net
UK Wed Jan 06 09:29:20 GMT-2300 (1999

Ric Davies
davies@mpe.mpg.de
Germany Mon Feb 01 08:58:58 MET 1999

I enjoyed looking at these pages - full of interesting
information (but some take a while to download).
Intrigued that you have some in German - do you
advertise in the Deutsches Alpenverien Magazine?

Trips to Mt. Meru and Kili
Jan B Henriksen
jan-borre.henriksen@tromso.nett.telenor.no
Norway Mon Feb 1 14:20:35 UTC+0100 1999

Just a short message to say thanks for great
trips to Mt. meru and Kilimanjaro via Machame
route. We found the info we needed on your Internet pages, and the trips were just great!

Mt. Kenya
Maxime Aubert
aubertmaxime@hotmail.com
Canada Sun Feb 21 18:03:30 1999

Hello I am planning a trip to Mt. Kenya around mid december 1999 and mid january 2000. I heard that there were some changes on certain climbs. I would like to know if there's still nice ice climbing to do at those dates. Is it possible to have up to date changes and how should I proceed to be provided with the most appropriate information concerning mountain climbs in that area? Thank you Maxime Aubert aubertmaxime@hotmail.com 72, du Coteau Levis, (Qc) Canada G6V 6W3

Caucasus in 2CVs - July 1999
Karen Valeur & Dan Johansson
citrocello@post.tele.dk
Denmark Sat Mar 6 20:26:07 UTC+0100 1999

July this year we travel through Caucasus and Georgia with a small group of Citroëns.This is going to be great!

Mount Kilimanjaro
Lauren
datsboy@uswest.net
U.S. Wed Mar 17 17:52:45 1999

Hello, my name is Lauren Moore and I am working on a science project. I need detailed information on Kili. Thanks much, and please e-mial me a.s.a.p.!

Kilimanjaro
Peter Svenningsen
psvenn@ddbneedham.dk
Denmark Sun May 16 19:16:25 GMT-2200 (1999

Good site, easy to find around and to understand. We got lots of good info on kilimanjaro, and look forward to comming down to climb it using ewp.

EXTREM
PRAGA NIC

RUSSIA Sun Jun 6 05:17:04 UTC+0400 1999

GOOD SITE.THANK YOU:)

Kilimanjaro and Elbrus
Stephen E. Powell
PowellSE@aol.com
USA Mon Jul 12 10:30:09 EDT 1999

Great Web site, but I am having trouble e-mailing you regarding my desire to climb Kili (Umbwe or Machame Routes) sometime between August 20-September 5 of this year. Please e-mail back as soon as possible to extablish a dialogue. Do you have any combined expeditions that include Elbrus? Thanks.

Kilimanjaro and Elbrus
Stephen E. Powell
PowellSE@aol.com
USA Mon Jul 12 10:31:25 EDT 1999

Great Web site, but I am having trouble e-mailing you regarding my desire to climb Kili (Umbwe or Machame Routes) sometime between August 20-September 5 of this year. Please e-mail back as soon as possible to establish a dialogue. Do you have any combined expeditions that include Elbrus? Thanks.

Kilimanjaro
roberto vergara
imalaya@mixmail
canada Wed Aug 25 16:48:40 MDT 1999

tried reading the guestbook!
Hazela
Hazela@witty.com
UK Mon Sep 20 15:18:38 UTC+0100 1999

I'm trying to read the guest book but the comments are compressed and I'm unable to.
I'll also send this to your regular email address
regards
hazela

Hello !
Kevin Standage
kevin.standage@compaq.com
England Tue Sep 28 13:53:06 UTC+0100 1999

Hi Andrew,

Just popped in to say "hi" and let you know that the climnbing bug is still with me. Next month I'm going to Nepal on a three week trek taking in the Gokyo Lakes and Everest Base Camp. Thanks for the great trip to Kili last year !

-Kevin.

Climbing trip
John Upperco
jupperco@aol.com
USA Thu Sep 30 09:42:19 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) 1999

Darlene Vogel
Marquita Westfall
xena60@webtv.net
Richmond Thu Oct 21 18:14:04 1999

Hi
I like watching PACIFIC BBLUE
Darlene Vogel was my faavorite if any can tell
me why she left the show an what she is doing now
reply

Kilimanjaro
Peter Svenningsen
psvenn@ddbneedham.dk
Denmark Wed Nov 03 15:33:48 GMT-2300 1999

Two of us, Soren Kristensen and myself, used EPW to climb Kilimanjaro via the Umbwe Route. The whole trip was extremely well planned and everything worked perfect.We had a superb climb, we were lucky with the weather and all. We can only highly recomend EPW to anybody, and we would gladly use their services again in the future.

Mt. Kilimanjaro
Thom Mindala
TMindala@aol.com
USA Sat Jan 22 20:41:15 MST 2000

Am interested in a possible trip to climb Mt Kilimanjaro during the summer of 2002. Would appreciate any info you can provide.

Climbing Kilimanjaro
Poul Grashoff
poulg@demis.nl
Netherlands Wed Feb 16 17:44:31 UTC+0100 2000

Kilimanjaro is definitely the mountain with the most beautifull vegetation and wildlife. Walking thorough the climate zones there is fantastic. Be sure to read about what you will see.

You can find my story on the web at: http://www.demis.nl/poul/Kilimanjaro_in_december.htm

climb kilimanjaro
Wheeler Aman & Patricia J Aman
trish917@juno.com
usa Sun Apr 2 18:15:17 EDT 2000

we are interested in the climb this sept. what does it involve. We are age 59 & 62. Hopefully very healthy. Please send us some information

planning to visit kili in 2001
Ian Halliday
ian@halliday77.fsnet.co.uk
England Sat Apr 15 18:17:09 UTC+0100 2000

An excellent starting point for inspiration

Trek on Kili and Mt. Kenya
Floriano Beffa
fbeffa@tinet.ch
Switzerland Sat May 13 17:03:00 UTC+0200 2000

Dear Andrew,

at the middle of January we have made a trek in Kenya and Tanzania.

Until yet we have send any kind of answer to you, that was not a good thing.

But with this notice we search to thank you for all the organization and tha accomodation we have found.
It was really very well organized and the people we have meet was exceptional.

In the following points I will described the different hot points we have lived in Africa:

1. With AirFrance we have had about 2 hours delay, but at our arrive at the airport two people were at the door attending our arrival, they have said to us that in Kenya there is no problems about delay; they can work this day or the day after, without problems ... another live philosophy...
2. The hospitality at Fairview Hotel was really a model hospitality. To much eated...
3. By the transfer from Fairview Hotel to Springlands Hotel in Tanzania we have seen the changes of the vegetation and of the people meeted. For this transfer two bus-companies were payed from you!! The company that we have meet at the ariport and another company which driver was comming to us, at the Fairview Hotel, with my name.
4. At Springlands Hotel we have had all the commodities we have asked and more, more ...
5. The ascent to the Uhuru Peak was very well organized. All thing was arranged. But, really, the table, the chairs and the tablecloth were too, too much. We are people from the Swiss Alps and on our mountains there is nobody that organized an excursion, a trek, in such a manner. The organization of Zara Adventures was a top.
The guide was perfect too. Big boss Ritchy has proved a very good knowledge of the mountain and of the altitude, his attitude on the management of the porters was perfect too.
Two persons of us have been fieber and, unfortunately, they have been accompanied to the hotel.
6. After the ascent on Uhuru Peak and the successive descent, we have made the transfer to Chogoria in Kenya. By this transport the company has lost my baggage with the photos of Kili, the papers that confirmed our arrival at the summit and some other things. This was the only bad event that was appened during the two weeks.
7. The ascent to the Lenana, Nelion and Batian with the group of Dixon guide was amazing!! The change of the vegetation, the rocks and the general view was a dream.
Dixon was not so 'pooly-pooly' as the Big boss Ritchy guide on Kili and for the majority of us was nearly better (after the acclimatization on Kili).
8. The group of porters on Mt. Kenya was a bit more professional than on M. Kili.
9. The day which we have climbed the Nelion and Batian Points was the very best day of all the trek. Really, an amazing journey on the rhyolite rocks of Mt. Kenya. Nobody was on the route save us! An ineffaceable record in our minds...
10. Together Dixon, I have freeclimbed the south route for Batian, just to about 5'000 m.a.s.. Dixon is not only a good guide for the simply route but he could be a very good technical guide too.
11. Dixon, 'Mpishi' and other two guys have had the pacience to stay with us during the last day in Nairobi. This was extremely well appreciated from all the people of our group.

As attachment I trasmit you the article that I have wrote for the alpinistic review of our federation (that's an italian version - word version 2000).

I take the occasion to ask you if is possible to organize (for august 2001) a trek/expedition to the Peak Kommunist (ev. Peak Korjenevskoy, too).

Sorry for the bad english and best regards,

floriano

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Killimanjaro Climb
Lee Spencer
lts@blueyonder.co.uk
England Sun Sep 3 17:08:38 UTC+0100 2000

Five of us, Ryan, Debbie, Aaron, Jayne and myself climbed Killimanjaro & spent the following week in Zanzibar on a trip organised by EWP in July/August 2000.
The whole trip was well planned and (almost)everything went to schedule as planned out in the itenary provided by Fay.
We had a brilliant climb with the Zara guide Saidi and his support staff.

Three of us made Uhuru Peak on the morning of 31st July 2000.
Words cannot describe our feelings(probably because we were so exhausted!) when we reached Gilman's to see the sun rise.. and Uhuru peak two hours later!

Thankyou EWP, we would recommend you(and the climb) to anyone!!

One millenium I won't be forgetting in a hurry?

Lee Spencer, London, England.

Transylvania alps trekking with Andrei
George Rahlfs
gbrahlfs@prodigy.net
USA Tue Sep 5 23:27:30 EDT 2000

Just returned from the Transylvania Alps trekking
trip with Andrei as the guide. This is certainly one of the most beautiful places to trek in this world. Andrei knows them better than anyone and he could not have been more helpful or cosiderate
throughout the adventure. He became a friend as well as a guide.

Transylvania alps trekking with Andrei
George Rahlfs
gbrahlfs@prodigy.net
USA Tue Sep 5 23:36:49 EDT 2000

Just returned from the Transylvania Alps trekking
trip with Andrei as the guide. This is certainly one of the most beautiful places to trek in this world. Andrei knows them better than anyone and he could not have been more helpful or cosiderate
throughout the adventure. He became a friend as well as a guide.

Kili njarro hike/climb
Tore Endal
torendal@online.no
Norge Sun Sep 17 11:34:56 UTC+0200 2000

I've read your info. regarding the Kili trip, and
I'm keen to make the trip myself the 29.th of Sep.2000.
Bisides, nice layout and a easy understandable text.
C u after the trip.

Kilimanjaro/Mt Kenya
Margaret Watson
labracadabra@earthlink.ned
USA Tue Oct 10 00:52:10 PDT 2000

I just returned from your Mt Kenya/Kilimanjaro trek with the Bates party. It was absolutely wonderful! Both of our head guides (Dixon in Kenya and Felix for Kili were excellent. We couldn't have asked for better trekking companions than we had. Thank you so much!
Margaret Watson

We apologise for the Guest Book being unavailable for the last few months.

Thinking Elbrus
Tom Morse
tom@woodburymorse.com
USA Thu May 24 16:32:47 2001

I am part of a group of guys who are trying to gain more altitude experience. We climbed Kilimanjaro this year and hope attempt a more demanding mountain, such as Elbrus, in 2002 or 2003.

Fagaras, Romania
Martin Wilson
martins.wilson@tesco.net
Halifax, England Wed Jul 11 22:22:03 UTC+0100 2001

We visited Fagaras in early June 2001.This was a mistake in that it was too early in the season and the weather was against us.This meant that only a limited number of days were spent on the ridge itself. Still there were compensations, Andrei , our guide, invited us to stay at his parents house which gave us an intriguing insight into Romanian country life.
Andrei, as far as I know, is the only guide in the Fagaras.In fact he runs the Fagaras tourist industry virtually on a single-hand basis, he has written the book , written the map , taken the photos for the postcards, and I'm told he will have the t-shirts for sale next year!
The mountain huts or Cabanas, offer simple but reasonable accommodation. The food is OK but the tripe soup served one night took some stomaching (!).There is a plentiful supply of beer & wine which is useful because some of the days are quite long & you feel like you have earned a beer after a 10hr walk.The standard of the Cabanas may not be what will be expected in the Alps , but then you have to remember that all supplies have to be transported in by mule.
Bears & wolves roam wild in the woods but by far the wildest , maddest animals around these parts are the sheepdogs.They will spot you at a great distance then charge towards you at breakneck speed , barking in a manic manner,with a crazy look in their eyes.Assuming you have the nerve, the solution is simple. Stand your ground and stare at them - HARD - they don't like it. If this does not work - just hit them with a big stick ,preferably between the eyes !
We found the Romanian people to be invariably friendly and optimistic for the country's future despite the economic problems of the present.
All in all despite limited sucess in mountaineering terms, a hugely interesting trip & one certainly worth doing.

Martin Wilson / David Pickles

Elbrus 4-18 August 2001
Ashley Hale
ashley_hale@yahoo.com
UK Wed Aug 29 13:04:08 UTC+0100 2001

Fantastic, successful trip!
EWP rep (Mike), Guides and porters etc., were superb, friendly, knowledgeable, and great fun. Most of all it lead to a suuceesful ascent to the summit of Europe. Please see personal website for more details and photos.

Elbrus 4-18 Aug 2001
Ashley Hale
ashley_hale@yahoo.com
UK Wed Aug 29 13:08:17 UTC+0100 2001

Elbrus website address:
elbrus2001.tripod.com

introduce
yeguh
bocah_klasic@yahoo.com
indonesia Thu Aug 30 13:54:48 UTC+0700 2001

hai i am teguh from indonesia
i want to join with ur climbing
and i hope if u have a picture about climbing
u wanna send to my email or my address in jl. kolonel sugiono no. 39 malang, indonesia
before i say thank so much
bye,nice to meet u

Kilimanjaro
Emilie Meinadier
emeinadier@hotmail.com
France Tue Sep 4 12:53:33 UTC+0200 2001

Kili + Serengeti
Karl Hadler
khadler@web.de
Germany Tue Nov 13 17:56:38 GMT+0100 ((MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit) 2001

Thanks, Fay, for organising this trip to the mountain and the nature reserves.
It was both demanding and exciting.
And I'm very pleased that I had the chance to take all those pictures for my website www.hadler.de/Serengeti .

Karl

Mt. Meru
Robert Zerby
doctorzerby@military.com
St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Thu Apr 25 11:44:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) 2002

Robert William Zerby
St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
E-mail: doctorzerby@military.com

When I climbed Mt. Meru, I found the views of Ngurdot Crater, the Ash Cone, and Momella Lakes to be among the most beautiful sites. However, watch out for the Colobus Monkeys :-) They do not like humans and they will let you know it :-)

Semper Fi,
Robert Zerby
St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
E-mail: doctorzerby@military.com
.

Kilimanjaro
David Lee
david@italiaconnection.co.uk
England Sat Apr 19 16:04:22 UTC+0100 2003

I am thinking about booking the Kili trip, do you take time to acclimatise first with a couple of smaller climbs on other mountains before attempting Kili!

Kilimanjaro Price
Kqeim Hosein
general@3web.net
Canada Sat Jun 21 14:40:26 PDT 2003

I was very much surprised at the inexpensive cost of the Kili Summit trip compared to a trip to Mount Everest.The experience is just the same if you complete it....Great web-site !!!

mount kenya
imogen

england Tue Jul 1 11:20:42 UTC+0100 2003

Kilimanjaro
John Thornton
thornts4@blueyonder.co.uk
England Fri Jul 25 09:48:57 UTC+0100 2003

Just returned from a succesful ascent of Kili with 5 friends. We did the Machame route and the scenery was spectacular, especially from Shira and Barafu camps. Our guide and assistant guide, Shabaz and Jakobs were excellent pacing us very well and arranging the camp facilities in a quietly controlled manner - get these guys if you can. Slow relentless progress was the name of the game for us as we are all over 50. The finalascent was a bit surreal as there was a full moon and we walked through the night without head torches. One problem was the tents which were too small and prone to condensation on the nylon inners which promptly froze. Our protestations resulted in an upgrade on our subsequent safari but it's worth checking tentage before you leave Moshi Overall a hard but rewarding experience

Guiding
Wilson Njeru
rweexp2000@yahoo.com
Kenya Sun Sep 7 11:37:45 UTC+0300 2003

I have guided for E.W.P. on technical busis. They are great people with great tast for the mountains.
I would recomend the company for anybody planing a trek or a climb.
See you on the mountains.

Jon Barratt
jon.barratt@kcl.ac.uk
UK Tue Oct 7 15:41:04 UTC+0100 2003

Peak Welbeck
Jon Barratt
jon.barratt@kcl.ac.uk
UK Tue Oct 7 15:47:28 UTC+0100 2003

I thought the EWP trip to the Virgin Peaks in Kyrgyzstan was superb, it certainly got me going with the whole mountaineering thing. It was well organised with a suitable amount of unknowns adding to the adventure experience.

Thanks Andrew

Jon

kilimandscharo
Rainer Marschel
reporter-ffo@web.de
Germany Mon Dec 29 13:38:18 UTC+0100 2003

suche dringend ein großes kilimandscharo-poster. können sie mir helfen. wenn nicht, wo bekomme ich eins? danke im voraus, rainer marschel

Mt. Elbruse
Amy Martinsen
Apm127@comcast.net
USA Wed Jan 7 12:47:48 EST 2004

While searching for information on my son's homeland I came across your site. My son was born in Vladakavkaz, Northern Osetia,Russia. Believe it or not his birth name is Elbruse which we Americanized to Bruce! So happy to see that there are people who can go to enjoy the beautifu breathtaking view of the Caucus Mts. Enjoy!!

enjoy work productions EWP
sidney n. pieter
enjoywork@hotmail.com
the netherlands Wed Feb 25 2004 20:43:23 GMT+0100

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Kilimanjaro Ice
Dolf Pellenbarg

Wed Feb 25 23:24:50 UTC 2004

Dear Fay and Andrew,

I have been back from Tanzania for a week now and I want to thank you for organizing a very good holiday for me. I was very satisfied with the Springlands Hotel and the service that Zara provided. They were very flexible too. The day I returned from the top of Meru I sprained my ankle. This meant that I asked them to switch around the ascent of Kili and the safari. This was no problem at all.

I climbed Kili via the Umbwe route and the Western Breach. Both were substantially better than the standard routes in my view. Andrew, regrettably the Heim glacier is no longer a realistic objective I think. Not only has the ice almost completely disappeared from Window buttress, but the Heim now only starts approx. 150 m. above Window buttress, while it already ends approx. 150 m. below the crater rim. The same holds for the Plenck glaciers. Now they are no more than snow/icefields in the middle of a wall. Kersten and Decken are in better shape but the lower parts looked too difficult to solo for me. What still looks very attractive is the breach wall side. We had 30-40cm of new snow in the Western Breach, and also the Breach glacier routes looked fine. Particulraly fine looked a series of icefalls at the western side of the Breach wall, directly facing Arrow camp, that ended very near the Messner icicle on the Balleto snowfield; has this ever been done? The icicle itself is still there but does not continue all the way to the diamond snowfield.

With kind regards,
Dolf

funding
anjali kadam
nfdheritage@icenet.net
india Thu Aug 5 11:29:09 UTC+0530 2004

We are an N.G.O, working in the field of heritage conservation, we would like to print tourist maps for walled cities, also looking for funding in the first stage.In the second stage we would like to publish maps for tourist use of different cities in India.

Anjali Kadam

Kilimanjaro
Rick Jensen
rjensen75@hotmail.com
USA Thu Aug 12 09:45:12 EDT 2004

Our party of four climbed Kili via the Machame route, summiting on Aug 1 under a full moon in excellent weather. The arrangements through EWP were impeccable, and the service from Zara was excellent -- at the Springlands Hotel in Moshi, from our guides on the mountain, not to mention the porters and the good food, and on our subsequent safari. Thanks to EWP for a fine trip.

I love this site
Igbo lome
igbolo@yahoo.com
LOME Thu Sep 2 11:08:08 UTC+0200 2004

Llandovery College - Mt Kenya Trip
Liz Purchase

Tue Oct 19 14:44:21 UTC+0100 2004

Sir, great site I loved the pictures of all your trips but where are the ones from our trip up mount kenya? :( it was a truelly amazing experience and one that all of us pupils will have for the rest of our lives. Thanks for making it possible! :) xx

Kilimanjaro
John Mayer
www.geocities.com/romanmbwasi USA
13 June 2006

Had a great time climbing mount kilimanjaro

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he beautifu breathtaking view of the Caucus Mts. Enjoy!!

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