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Everyone, nine people, summitted with me this morning: Eugene Zorrilla, Randy Milch, Mike Glover, Mark and Allison Paradise, Eric Cranston, Jim Helwig, John Hodge, and Phil Rimes, and they all did it such super, super style. We all hung together; we did this thing as a group. We moved well as a group and everyone was very supportive of one another, and it was just a phenomenal morning. We made pretty good time — I don't even know what time it is right now, I think it is about 7:30 in the morning. But everything is going fantastic. The sunrise was beautiful this morning and...[Unintelligible].

The group is doing very well; they're very excited to have summitted. It is a very large undertaking and they have a lot to be very proud of, and I'm very proud of all of them, as well. I'm also proud of the folks that didn't make it because they gave it their best and sometimes that is just the way things go in the mountains — you have to be able to listen to your body and respect what it gives you at that particular time. So, the morale in the group is very high and...[Unintelligible]...is to head down and I guess that's about it.

Probably not the most articulate of cybercasts, but I guess that's what probably happens when you're up here and it's thin air. This is Jamie Pierce calling from the summit of Kilimanjaro on Sunday the 28th [27th]. Have a good day, bye-bye — we are.

—Alpine Ascents Guide Jamie Pierce, MountainZone.com Correspondent

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