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| Mt. Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The morning was cold and dark as I stumbled over the rocks to the outhouse with the feeble light from my headlamp. Shortly after, we had a quick cup of tea and then turned toward Lenana summit. Slowly we climbed the gentle ridge to the near-vertical pitch with its patches of ice. The sky brightened as I finally hauled myself onto the summit (4985 metres). Within minutes the sun popped over the horizon giving the world a red hue and long shadows. As always, every effort to make the summit was forgotten as I turned in each direction to see a good portion of Kenya beneath me. It's always worth it. |
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| View from Mt. Kenya summit just after sunrise. |
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| Sunrise on the true summit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Austrian Hut (4800 m). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A big smile a I watch the sun rise from the summit of Mt. Kenya. |
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| Mt. Kenya National Park warning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| One of the many cheeky little Rock Hyraxes. |
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| The bizarre alpine vegetation of McKindley Valley en route to the summit. |
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| Dew-ridden spider web. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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