Part Three - Travel Tales - Climbing Kilimanjaro
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June 4 - Day 3 on the mountain.
Horombo Huts (3720m/12,205ft). Acclimatization day.
Spent early morning relaxing and visiting with other climbers both on their way up and way down. The challenge of our adventure becomes increasingly apparent as we chat - not everyone makes it to the summit.
Seemingly healthy, fit individuals are going home with a dream unrealized - most the victims of altitude sickness. We changed our greeting to descending climbers from "Did you make it?" To "How was it?"
Prior to Terry, Michael and Jacabo climbing up past Zebra Rocks to the Mawezi Hut junction, we got together for a 'team' photo.
Its a bright, clear, cool morning and the views of Mawenzi Peak are stunning.
Zebra Rocks is an exposed cliff face with zebra-like stripes caused by water trickling down the rock face leaving light deposits on the dark lava.
The grassland is slowly changing to alpine desert as water becomes scarce and soil thins.
By the time we reach The Saddle lookout, high cloud has moved in obscuring the peak of Kilimanjaro but we can see across to Kibo Hut, our destination tomorrow. From there the climb gets much more serious.
As we headed back down to Horombo Huts, we were satisfied that we did the right thing by spending an extra day on the mountain. Climbing to 4350m and then returning to 3720m to sleep helped our bodies adjust to the thinning air as did the extra time on the mountain.
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