Waking up at midnight, we start our journey heading through Scree slope, zigzagging up the long slope using our head-torches for extra light. At 5259m Chris is still feeling good apart from frozen fingers, most of our water is frozen, and with the low oxygen levels there have been a few stumbles. The view is […]
Category Archives: Kilimanjaro
21
Aug
Aug
With a 6 am start none of our team seemed happy to be getting up early, but we’d had a good night’s sleep, apart from awakening half frozen. Dan had a very special meal which he thought was chicken stew, but was in fact a crow which had been shot especially for him! Everyone still […]
20
Aug
Aug
Our team has reached about 4330m and are camping out at Mawenzi Tarn. We are all pretty tired from today’s hike, and are starting to get mild headaches, but I’d say that our team is still in high spirits, and are adjusting quite well. We’ve left the grassy slopes behind and can only see rocks […]