Prep
February 24, 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 13 °CCountdown to madness - packing day !
Countdown to madness - packing day !
Packing for porter - 9 kilos ! Sleeping bag , ski jacket and pants and wet jacket is 6! Oh well lucky I didn’t bring any deodorant ! Think the bar must get lively given the skinned crocodile
So survived the flights ! London to Nairobi and then short flight to Tanzania and Kilimanjaro ! It was late - arriving 1130 and its a 2hr drive to hotel...maybe faster at night but still a distanceRead more
So day one Starting at gate to park through the rain forest to the first station just missing a serious rain shower - accompanied by some homely hailstorms . We see some weird flowers and areRead more
Day two and we leave the forest and it’s moorland - 12km today and 1000m to 3700m and Horombo ! It’s still warm and sun sometimes otherwise mist ! All good . Hut is better here and we get goodRead more
Well today is acclimatise day - after we do a hike up to test how we are feeling - up to 4200m and a visit to zebra rock and then rest up as tomorrow it’s a hike to summit base camp at Kibo - whereRead more
So we ascend at midnight and temps are falling . It’s five top layers and three on bottom as it’s going down to -20! The climb is a bitch ! We zig zag up the outer crater rim - it’s like moonRead more
So it’s up for breakfast and 1000m and 5-6 hr hike up to Kibo camp through semi desert alpine desert - scree rock and blast - and up. we see the other more extreme peak of Mawenzi - not climbingRead more
After checking our stories with other roommates we then walk back from summit through the alpine desert to camp - it’s another 10km but sun is shining , legs are aching !
We are knackered
We getRead more
We are up and we have slept! It’s early as we breakfast on porridge , eggs and sort of pancakes . We set off with coats on as it’s blowing a gale ! Some porters sing for Koreans ! Soon we takeRead more