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Uhuru Peak

Oct 24, 2007 Wed
Morning
00:00Uhuru Peak
00:15walk to gilman point
05:55Gilman point
The sunrise was magnificant
the glorious glacier, the magnificant crater, the infinite blue sky and the unreachable horizon...
if only I have enoguh brain cells alive to enjoy all these
05:56 twlight on gilman point
05:56 gilman point
05:57 before dawn on glacier
05:57 red palnet
05:58 waiting for first light
06:00 glacier on uhuru peak
06:00 glacier mass
06:00 sunrise on gilamn point
06:00 first light
06:00 sunrise on kilimanjaro
06:01 longing for sunrise
06:05walk to Uhuru peak
no rest, just a chance to take a few photos
totally exhausted
the climb and the altitude really got me
06:14 glacier crawl
06:14 sun above mawenzi
06:14 my guide resting
06:14 approaching glacier
06:15 ascending on the glacier path
06:16 mountain climbers
06:16 mountain ridge
06:16 glacer ascend
06:22 ascending hikers
06:25 glacier ascend
06:25 hiker in yellow jacket
06:39 world of snow
06:39 ice on roof of africa
06:39 close encounter with glacier
07:24 approaching uhuru peak
07:24 approaching uhuru peak
07:24 glacier peak
07:33 scattered glacier
07:33 sign on uhuru peak tanzania
07:35Uhuru peak
07:36 glacier in the sky
07:36 mountain meru
07:36 glacier wall
07:37 ice dotted slope
07:37 watching mountain meru
07:39 hikers reaching uhuru peak
07:40 uhuru peak
07:40 red walking sticks
07:41 glacier on uhuru peak
07:43 crater on uhuru peak
07:43 melting glacier on uhuru peak
07:44 mission accomplished
07:52 new comers
07:55 glacier in the cloud
07:55 returning home
08:00 crater center
08:00 snow covered crater center
08:00 glacier on ridge
08:01 mawenzi and glacier
08:09 faraway glacier
08:12 returning trip
08:15 endless slope
08:17 tired walk
08:27 glacier in daylight
08:51 kibo hut far below
08:51 mwanzi peak
08:51 gilman point return
08:53 gilmans point
08:53 goodbye glacier
11:49Kibo hut
I was totally exhausted
the 1 hour down hill almost took 3 hours
that was a new record
ate a soup
and napped in my sleeping bag for 30 minutes
the cleaning staff came and said I could sleep a bit more and they will clean the room quietly... I decided to wake up.
Afternoon
13:00walk to horombo
15:41arrive horombo
room H 5
sharing with Dee from South Africa and a farther and son group from Spain. they are doing the climb the day after.
Night
21:00Horombo Hut
 
  
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