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Last of the ‘easy’ days as going gets tougher but home comforts help

March 18, 2023

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Kilimanjaro”

Kick-off for Kili
The scenic route up Kilimanjaro
Last of the ‘easy’ days as going gets tougher but home comforts help

Day Four: Shira Two camp (3,810m/12,500ft) to Baranco Hut (3,950m/13,106ft)

“Day four! Half way done”. This is the first line in my notebook that I wrote in my tent knackered after quite a day climbing to Lava Tower. And on the Kilimanjaro tour company website, it’s described as the “last of the ‘easy days’”. Easy days?!

Despite the claims of an ‘easy day’ it was going to be one of the longest days and the peak altitude would take us above 14K feet for the first time. With the landscape changing the paths widened as well and we found ourselves less single-file.

The scenic route up Kilimanjaro

March 6, 2023

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Kilimanjaro”

Kick-off for Kili
The scenic route up Kilimanjaro
Last of the ‘easy’ days as going gets tougher but home comforts help

Day One: Londorossi Gate (2,220m/6,825ft) to Mt Mkubwa (2,800m/9,100ft)

There are several different routes to take up Kilimanjaro, our Lemosho route is the most scenic route, and at 8 days is one of the longer routes. People come here without proper training and try and do it in 5 days – what’s the point? Throughout the Kili hike, EBC was a reference for me, it is my only other high-altitude hike, but one of the best things about that trip was the scenery and the journey (will try not to talk about the worst things!).

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Last of the ‘easy’ days as going gets tougher but home comforts help

Day Four: Shira Two camp (3,810m/12,500ft) to Baranco Hut (3,950m/13,106ft)

The scenic route up Kilimanjaro

Day One: Londorossi Gate (2,220m/6,825ft) to Mt Mkubwa (2,800m/9,100ft)

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