He might have organised our trek, but Eli's Dad wasn't quite game to let son conquer Kili just yet. Born on 22 June - Steve and Eli [800x600]
Day 1 - the rainforest [800x600]
Rainforest [800x600]
Day 1, completo [800x600]
Puffer power [800x600]
The Kitchen Tent [800x600]
Corrin (2) [800x600]
Campsite 1 [800x600]
Flower [800x600]
Corrin and Steve, Day 2 [800x600]
Rest break, Day 2 [800x600]
Fresh Princess Phillips [800x600]
Lunchtime, naptime [800x600]
A rare photo together [800x600]
Steve won the 'how many puffer jackets can you wear at once' competition. The answer - four [800x600]
Count em people [800x600]
Camping in style. [800x600]
The kitchen tent never looked so good. [800x600]
Frosty morning, day 3 [800x600]
Campsite 3 [800x600]
Shaking frost free [800x600]
Sarria, super guide [800x600]
Glenn.  He's from America [800x600]
Descent from the Lava Tower acclimitization climb, Day 3 [800x600]
The boys, day 3 [800x600]
Greer joined us from London [800x600]
Alpine desert, day 3 [800x600]
Campsite 4 [800x600]
Uncle Glenn, G-Unit, birdsnest, Big G, Gramps - whatever the name, GP still knows how to get his abs out [800x600]
Mt Meru dwarfs Baranco Campsite [800x600]
Denali bags kept us warm, well below zero [800x600]
Surprise surprise - more climbing. Day 4 [800x600]
Day 4 - we're getting close now [800x600]
Greer working it [800x600]
The Phillips' [800x600]
Focus - fail. Action chinchimminy attempt - fail. 1 second later, Steve ate gravel. The day before the summit attempt. Brilliant [800x600]
A Kilimanjaro sunset [800x600]
An intimidating sight from campsite 5. Time to grab a few hours rest, we have 7 hours of pure climb ahead [800x600]
One last scenic sunset before the death march [800x600]
5 days of hiking, 5 hours rest, 11.30pm, with 1.3 vertical kilometres to go - it must be summit night [800x600]
540am - Corrin and Glenn enjoy the rare privilege of standing on the Roof of Africa - alone - before other teams arrived. [800x600]
Sunrise over the glacier - Mark and Steve at Uhuru Peak [800x600]
Not just successful summiters, but first to the Peak - the gang with our final ascent crew, Sarria, Bocha and Ebans [800x600]
Flags at the summit (2) [800x600]
Flags at the summit [800x600]
Mark - the first person to reach the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro on 30 October 2010 [800x600]
Other climbers began to arrive just after dawn. [800x600]
Take the photo. I can't stomach any more of this stuff [800x600]
Brave Greer, who battled through the long night, and was the 5th person to stand at the summit that morning. We salute you. [800x600]
Then we made you drink champagne too. [800x600]
Can you tell that we were all pumped [800x600]
Glenn and Corrin [800x600]
We still can't believe that we all made it [800x600]
The heartstone. Well done, Corrin. [800x600]
Champagne + 5900 metres = sick. But it was the nicest place I've ever felt awful [800x600]
So. Damn. Pumped. [800x600]
Sunrise on the Roof of Africa. [800x600]
Straight to the mantlepiece, guys [800x600]
Victorious Aussies [800x600]
Kili sunrise [800x600]
We hope we never forget the majesty of our Kili sunrise [800x600]
Steve + champagne + Mt Meru backdrop. I wish we could tell you what it felt like up there [800x600]
Corrin (2) [800x600]
Glenn [800x600]
The Glacier [800x600]
Starting down. The 'trail' got bad bad bad. It sucked [800x600]
Like, really sucked. But we're passing people still battling up, so who are we to complain [800x600]
Never let Glenn drive the rescue cart [800x600]
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