Images - Africa 2003
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Tanzania, 2003
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park - Umbwe Route
More pictures and commentary to follow....
Images - Africa 2003 Tanzania, 2003 Mount Kilimanjaro National Park - Umbwe Route More pictures and commentary to follow.... |
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Day 1 - Walking through the rain forest below Kili we saw some flowers. | ||
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Lobelia Kilimanjari- once we entered the mooreland at about 12,000-13,000 feet we began to see these beautiful plants. | ||
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Day 2 - great view of the Baranco Wall looking up towards Kibo the summit. If you look closely enough you can see Camp 2. | ||
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Day 2 - The Great Baranco Wall - with Kibo above. We camped at just above 13,000 feet, and slept under the summit. | ||
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Here's me just before the sun set. There's my tent - we went to be right after this and boy did i have a terrible night sleep. The altitude really hit me hard that night and in the morning i was a wreck. Luckily the next night I felt much better, we slept at the same altitude. | ||
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Day 4 - On our way up to Barafu at 15,500 feet. You can see clearly what kind of trails are up there. The clouds rolled through us all day so we were a little damp. A porter carrying someones gear runs by us. | ||
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Day 5 - Stella Point at 6:01am just in time for Sunrise. | ||
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Uhuru Peak - The top of Africa! We all felt extemely happy to make it up, after 6 1/2 hours of hiking all night, we all celebrated! | ||
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View of Kibo Crater - the top is is just absolutely enormous! | ||