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Ol Doinyo Lengai , Volcano from hell
... active and you could actually step on a surface that gives in and youŽll find yourself standing in lava… not a good idea, well the morning light came and we got up to the summit and touched the sky! That view was breathtaking (so was the climb by the way) sunrise over rift valley you could see the Serengeti and tops of the Ngorogoro and we were standing on a rim about a meter wide that made up the crater, about 50 ...
Back from the roof of Africa
... other people back in Arusha and they also went to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Just a day earlier than me and they had a terrific view. When looking at their pictures, it is definetely worth the climb. Never mind, the important thing is that I reached to the top. In fact while going up, I saw many people struggling, one of them was seating down trying to eat a chocolate bar, looking like someone who lost the will to ...
Shu'mata Camp 1
... snake wrapped in a pretzel in the branches. The guy sounded like he was saying that we had nothing to worry about but his words betrayed his attitude. He was saying that since it was the dry season it was very venomous. We looked it up in the car on the way back and this snake kills you by releasing venom that prevents your blood from clotting. We saw another one a few trees down that was lying straight on a branch. It was about ...
And so we begin the trek
... 3-5l per day per person. At the gate we had to go and sign our name with all the details - although I put valentina Thiering, not Turitsyna like my passport says, oops! I hope they can still identify me if anything happens... Then we waited around while the guides and porters packed everything and had their bags weighed. There is a limit of 20kg per person, well for the porters anyway. A few people were approaching us trying to sell is bracelets , hats etc ...
DON'T AFRAID THE MOUNTAIN -IT'S YOUR TIME TO CLIMB
... It’s a good thing I was born in Australia as hands down I would rather be stinking hot than freezing cold any day!
I was a bit worried about today as we were told by previous climbers that days 3, 4, 5 & 6 were the worst. Great we thought – so pretty much the whole thing! Well strangely we didn’t find day 3 to the lava tower too hard. Pole pole (slowly slowly) is the key to increase your acclimatisation time and maximise your chances ...
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