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to Tanzania in Africa

to Tanzania in Africa. What happens when there are 9 seats and 10 passengers. Dar es Salaam to Arusha via Zanzibar. Baggage claim in Zanzibar. Arusha has a rather grand idea of itself. The road to Kilimanjaro: Arusha to Marangu. The Kibo Hotel in Marangu. First view of the mountain.

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  1. to Tanzania in Africa

  2. What happens when there are 9 seats and 10 passengers Dar es Salaam to Arusha via Zanzibar

  3. Baggage claim in Zanzibar Arusha has a rather grand idea of itself

  4. The road to Kilimanjaro:Arusha to Marangu

  5. The Kibo Hotel in Marangu First view of the mountain

  6. The road to Kilimanjaro:the trek

  7. Kili from the road(that’s Mawenzi on the left and Kibo on the right)

  8. Schematic of the Rongai route 5895m 4700m 4330m 3600m 2600m 1850m

  9. Rongai Route Day 1

  10. Starting out: 1850m / 6060 ft instructions signing in organizing the porters

  11. meeting some locals

  12. Day 1 terrain changes

  13. At Camp 12600 m / 8500 ft

  14. The Kenyan Plains from above Camp 1

  15. Rongai RouteDay 2 and we have rain …

  16. Looking back down – the plains obscured by the clouds

  17. Huge burned area

  18. Lunch scene at the Second Cave And the ubiquitous crows

  19. The skies clear when we arrive at Camp 23600m / 11,800 ftthe plains of Kenya are now far below

  20. Rongai RouteDay 3

  21. Morning view from Camp 2

  22. Giant Lobelias

  23. Kibo Peak looms in the distance

  24. Our guide shows us the summit route

  25. At the 4100 meter point

  26. It’s getting colder

  27. Approaching Mawenzi and Camp 3

  28. Mawenzi

  29. At Camp 3 Mawenzi Tarn 4330m / 14,200 ft

  30. Acclimatization Hike

  31. Above the clouds …Looking back down on Camp 3 and the Kenyan plains

  32. the route to the summit Summit Uhuru Point Gilman’s Point Kibo Hut

  33. Rongai RouteDay 4

  34. Climbing up onto the “Saddle”

  35. Last close-up views of Mawenzi

  36. Don’t be fooled by those smiles, we’re suffering!(at almost 15,000 ft)

  37. We reach the “Saddle,” but the mountain is shrouded in clouds

  38. It starts lifting eventually

  39. We walk for hours but never seem to get any closer.

  40. Finally we arriveCamp 44700m / 15,400 ft

  41. Rongai Route Day 4 – continued into Day 5 To the Summit And back down

  42. The route to the Summit

  43. What it looked like for 6 hours And what it looked like in the light

  44. 6 a.m. Temperature: very cold First goal achieved:Gilman’s Point – the crater rim5681m / 18,638 ft

  45. Sunrise over Mawenzi6:12 a.m.

  46. A quick brew before heading off to the summit

  47. The sun rises and illuminates the glaciers

  48. Where we were going -From Gilman’s to the summit

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