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Climbing Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route

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

Kilimanjaro – A Mountain Top Experience

Kilimanjaro - A Mountain Top Experience There is really only one reason that a Hill Walker would find himself landing ...
Kilimanjaro Day One Lemosho Glades to Big Tree Camp

Kilimanjaro Day One Lemosho Glades to Big Tree Camp

Day One, Lemosho Glades (7,838ft) to Big Tree (Mount Mkubwa) Camp (9,137ft) I’m sitting writing this at the end of ...
Kilimanjaro Day Two Big Tree Camp to Shira 1 Camp

Kilimanjaro Day Two Big Tree Camp to Shira 1 Camp

Day two, Big Tree (Mount Mkubwa) Camp (9,137ft) to Shira 1 camp (11,496ft) Night one in the tent was a ...
Kilimanjaro Day Three Shira 1 Camp to Shira Huts Camp

Kilimanjaro Day Three Shira 1 Camp to Shira Huts Camp

Day three Shira 1 camp (11,496ft) to Shira 2/Shira Huts camp (12,779ft) via Shira Cathedral (12,671ft) We wake up to ...
Kilimanjaro Day Four Shira Huts Camp to Barranco Camp

Kilimanjaro Day Four Shira Huts Camp to Barranco Camp

Day 4 Shira 2/Shira Huts camp (12,779ft) to Barranco Camp (13,077ft) via The Lava Tower (15,180ft) Since the start of ...
Kilimanjaro Day Five Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp

Kilimanjaro Day Five Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp

Day 5 Barranco camp (13,077ft) to Karanga camp (13,235ft) Day five dawns bright and cold in the Barranco valley and ...
Kilimanjaro Day Six Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

Kilimanjaro Day Six Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

Day 6 Karanga Valley Camp (13,235ft) to Barafu Huts Camp (15,295ft) Unzipping the tent after the 6.30am wake up call ...
Kilimanjaro Day Seven (Part 1), Barafu Camp to Uhuru Peak, Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro Day Seven (Part 1), Barafu Camp to Uhuru Peak, Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro

Day 7 (Part 1) Summit day - Barafu Huts Camp (15,295ft) to Uhuru Peak 19,341ft It's two minutes past midnight ...
Kilimanjaro Day Seven (Part 2) - Uhuru Peak, Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to Millennium Huts

Kilimanjaro Day Seven (Part 2) – Uhuru Peak, Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to Millennium Huts

Day 7 (Part 2) Summit day - Uhuru Peak 19,341ft to Millennium Huts (12,556ft) Why men climb mountains is a ...
Kilimanjaro Day Eight Millennium Huts to Mweka Gate - The End

Kilimanjaro Day Eight Millennium Huts to Mweka Gate – The End

Day 8 Millennium Huts (12,556ft) to Mweka Gate (5,358ft) - The end Unsurprisingly I slept like a log, helped no ...

 

Why Kilimanjaro?

Day One, Lemosho Glades (7,838ft) to Big Tree (Mount Mkubwa) Camp (9,137ft)

Day Two, Big Tree (Mount Mkubwa) Camp (9,137ft) to Shira 1 camp (11,496ft)

Day Three Shira 1 camp (11,496ft) to Shira 2/Shira Huts camp (12,779ft) via Shira Cathedral (12,671ft)

Day Four Shira 2/Shira Huts camp (12,779ft) to Barranco Camp (13,077ft) via The Lava Tower (15,180ft)

Day Five Barranco camp (13,077ft) to Karanga camp (13,235ft)

Day Six Karanga Valley Camp (13,235ft) to Barafu Huts Camp (15,295ft)

Day Seven (Part 1) Summit day, Barafu Huts Camp (15,295ft) to Uhuru Peak 19,341ft 

Day Seven (Part 2) Summit day, Uhuru Peak 19,341ft to Millennium Huts (12,556ft)

Day Eight Millennium Huts (12,556ft) to Mweka Gate (5,358ft) The End

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Kilimanjaro Day Eight Millennium Huts to Mweka Gate – The End

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 I was absolutely shattered after summiting Kilimanjaro. We walked for thirteen hours yesterday, and we are now back in the land of trees and warmth and I was sleeping on soft flat dry soil as opposed to dusty gravel at a 45 degree angle and minus 5c. Having gone to bed at 6.30pm last night I was wide awake at 6am this morning for the final day of our magnificent Kilimanjaro adventure. Continue reading “Kilimanjaro Day Eight Millennium Huts to Mweka Gate – The End”

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Kilimanjaro Day Seven (Part 2) – Uhuru Peak, Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to Millennium Huts

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 for as long as men and women have been climbing mountains. I guess the answer is as individual as the person who is asked. I’m sure Alex Honnold and Chris Bonington would give different, but not maybe too different answers. For me, walking satisfies a deep need. A need, not to achieve, or conquer but to find peace with myself. It gives me time to think and reflect, time to pray and settle my mind, time to consider and make decisions. Life and experience change us but the Mountains remain reassuringly the same. They provide a constancy in our lives and the mountains are always bigger than our own personal circumstances. So here I am on top of a Mount Kilimanjaro, filled with that immense sense of satisfaction that comes from doing something that is not easy, that takes something out of you but gives you so much more back in return.  

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Kilimanjaro Day Seven (Part 1), Barafu Camp to Uhuru Peak, Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro

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 trigger’ on our summit bid as Joshua put it in his briefing. Another phrase that struck me in his pre-summit briefing was “give me the next six hours of your life and I’ll get you to the Roof of Africa”. I’ve dreamed of climbing Kili for years, I’ve planned and prepared for this trip for nearly seven months, I’ve walked for six days to get to this point and now, all that remains is six hours, six hours to fulfil a dream.

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