Kilimanjaro is the highest free standing mountain in the world, one of the seven summits and still an active volcano. Here is my journey to ‘The Roof of Africa’. Click on the walk to read the post or use the interactive map to see the route.
Kilimanjaro - A Mountain Top Experience There is really only one reason that a Hill Walker would find himself landing at Kilimanjaro international airport and ...
Day 1 Lemosho Glades (7,838ft) to Big Tree (Mount Mkubwa) Camp (9,137ft) I’m sitting writing this at the end of day one sitting under one ...
Day 2 Big Tree (Mount Mkubwa) Camp (9,137ft) to Shira 1 camp (11,496ft) Night one in the tent was a pretty restless one. We’re still ...
Day 3 Shira 1 camp (11,496ft) to Shira 2/Shira Huts camp (12,779ft) via Shira Cathedral (12,671ft) We wake up to a freezing Shira 1 campsite ...
Day 4 Shira 2/Shira Huts camp (12,779ft) to Barranco Camp (13,077ft) via The Lava Tower (15,180ft) Since the start of the trek we have been ...
Day 5 Barranco camp (13,077ft) to Karanga camp (13,235ft) Day five dawns bright and cold in the Barranco valley and my tiredness and somewhat melancholic ...
Day 6 Karanga Valley Camp (13,235ft) to Barafu Huts Camp (15,295ft) Unzipping the tent after the 6.30am wake up call reveals a cold, damp and ...
Day 7 (Part 1) Summit day - Barafu Huts Camp (15,295ft) to Uhuru Peak 19,341ft It's two minutes past midnight and we are 'pulling the ...
Day 7 (Part 2) Summit day - Uhuru Peak 19,341ft to Millennium Huts (12,556ft) Why men climb mountains is a question that has been asked ...
Day 8 Millennium Huts (12,556ft) to Mweka Gate (5,358ft) - The end Unsurprisingly I slept like a log, helped no doubt by the fact that ...
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