Today’s 4 hour climb didn’t see much net change in altitude ending at 13,133 ft. However, we were up and down quite a bit, scrambling up the Great Barranco Wall to 13,808.
The wall, right at the beginning of the day, is a lot of fun (might have been overall the most fun climb day) requiring a lot of use of hands to scale the wall.
After that it’s down into the valleys and then trudging back up again as we traverse the southern side of Kilimanjaro and get into position for the final ascent.
Again the climbs are painstakingly slow when we ascend but none our bodies are capable of much more and overexertion can cause pulmonary edema. As the local guides say “pole, pole” (“slowly, slowly”)
Into camp early (today and tomorrow) for our first hot lunch. Exciting!!!
We are both feeling pretty good right now after yesterday’s high/tough climb.
Oh and it just started pouring. So glad we made camp first.
Hi guys…today when I got on I saw two posts whereas I check pretty often and missed your barranco post…the weather and pictures of the two of you looked great…seems relatively warm in what you are wearing. Guess (looking at the map) tomorrow you will be at the Barafu hut and then on to the summit? Sounds like everything is going pretty much as planned…we’ll keep checking for your posts. What is an appropriate salutation…”break a leg”…”keep up the good work”…”enjoy”..for this unique adventure…how about stay safe??
Love you both
dad
Hi Liz and James,
Wow is all I can say. Everything sounds amazing and a little scary. Love the pictures, the mountain looks so tranquil— just goes to show looks can be deceiving. Keep up the good work and keep enjoying yourselves. Send more pictures.
XOXOXO,
Mom
hi liz and james. sounds like you’re doing great and enjoying all the hard work. hope you’re both feeling good and we look forward to hearing that you’ve reached the summit!! i’m glad that at least one of you is changing their underwear on a somewhat regular basis!!! the pics are fantastic – keep them coming – as are all of your updates. can’t wait for the next one!! xxxooo moo-my and big D
You guys sound like you’re doing great! Great pics. Miss you guys!! Mito xo