İngiltereHillingdonUxbridge51°33’0” N 0°28’60” W
24 Şubat 2019, İngiltere ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Countdown to madness - packing day !
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionKilimanjaro International Airport3°25’27” S 37°3’54” E
2 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 distanceOkumaya devam et
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara RehaMawensi3°8’22” S 37°26’20” E
3 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 areOkumaya devam et
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara RehaMawensi3°8’23” S 37°26’20” E
4 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ 🌧 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 goodOkumaya devam et
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara Reha3°7’23” S 37°26’1” E 5 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ 🌧 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 - whereOkumaya devam et
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionMotamburu KitendeniKilimanjaro3°4’35” S 37°21’14” E
7 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ 🌧 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 moonOkumaya devam et
Ant Travels Because we want to see dawn at top and also you never know how long top will be open due to weather
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionNanjara RehaMawensi3°8’22” S 37°26’20” E 7 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ ☁️ 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 climbingOkumaya devam et
Wolfgang und Heidi
There is no summit a English fellow coudn‘t master. But to beat as in football is not fair at all.
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionMotamburu KitendeniKilimanjaro3°4’35” S 37°21’14” E
7 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 getOkumaya devam et
TanzanyaKilimanjaro RegionMarangu MagharibiKomalyangoWona3°17’13” S 37°30’10” E 9 Mart 2019, Tanzanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 takeOkumaya devam et
