EnglandHillingdonUxbridge51°33’0” N 0°28’60” W
24 Februari 2019, England ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Countdown to madness - packing day !
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionKilimanjaro International Airport3°25’27” S 37°3’54” E
2 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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
2 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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 distanceBaca lagi
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara RehaMawensi3°8’22” S 37°26’20” E
3 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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 areBaca lagi
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara RehaMawensi3°8’23” S 37°26’20” E
4 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
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 goodBaca lagi
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara Reha3°7’23” S 37°26’1” E 5 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
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 - whereBaca lagi
Ant Travels
Hmm - fitness odd as marathon runner didn’t go all way ! Some padding helps me thinks
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionMotamburu KitendeniKilimanjaro3°4’35” S 37°21’14” E
7 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
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 moonBaca lagi
Ant Travels Because we want to see dawn at top and also you never know how long top will be open due to weather
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara RehaMawensi3°8’22” S 37°26’20” E 7 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
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 climbingBaca lagi
Wolfgang und Heidi
There is no summit a English fellow coudn‘t master. But to beat as in football is not fair at all.
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionMotamburu KitendeniKilimanjaro3°4’35” S 37°21’14” E
7 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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 getBaca lagi
TanzaniaKilimanjaro RegionMarangu MagharibiKomalyangoWona3°17’13” S 37°30’10” E 9 Mac 2019, Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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 takeBaca lagi
