Tipping on the mountain?

This may be old stuff to you guys, but I wasn’t clear on how tipping our guides and assorted crew is supposed to work. So I asked Carol at Kiliwarriors for more info. I thought I’d post her reply here, in case anyone else wants to know:

Hi Tricia –

I hope you are doing well! Yes – we advise to bring up to $200 for tipping on the mountain and this is based on feedback from all of our previous clients. After nine days on the mountain there are a lot of close relationships that are formed! We try to make it easy for you – the guide on the last evening will give your group two envelopes – one for GUIDES and a second envelope marked CREW. The first envelope is for your climb group to put tips for the guide and assistant guide. The second envelope is for you and your group to put tips for the rest of the entire crew (cooks, porter, tent crew, etc.). The guide will later divide the crew tips to the various team members w/o you and your group having to do this.

Kind Regards,

Carol