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Londorossi Gate: we got our permit here
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Before lunch on day 1. We had 18 crew (including porters, cooks and guides) for 3 of us!
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Johanna and me in the lunch tent
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Forest Camp on night 1 (2650m)
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porters and guides dancing on morning of day 2
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day 2: our guides Wilbert and Gideon; me and Meredith
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Wilbert heading down to lunch stop, other porters going up
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Wilbert on elephant grass
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my tent at Shira Camp on night 2 (3610m)
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Wilbert pointing to our route for day 3 - long but pretty flat
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our first good view of Kibo - sunset on night 2
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morning on day 3
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porters and Kibo
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Johanna, me, and Meredith with Kibo in the background
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Fischer Camp - lunch stop on day 3
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this was Scott Fischer's favourite camp - he spent a lot of time on Kili
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Lobelia
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Senecio Kilimanjari
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Moir Camp - you can see the old ranger hut on the left
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Our tents at Moir Camp with Mount Meru in the background. We had the mountain to ourselves from this night until the descent.
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my tent at Moir Camp on night 3 (4200m)
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sunset on night 3
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Meredith and Johanna, day 4
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arriving at Sheffield Camp (just before the hail comes down)
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on the way up to the Lava Tower for some acclimatization
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my tent at Sheffield Camp on night 4 (4550m)
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Arrow Glacier on the right, the Western Breach is the gap in the middle
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sunset on night 4
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acclimatization day - climbing the Lava Tower
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assistant guide Gideon with Meredith, me, and Johanna on top of Lava Tower
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our tents at Sheffield Camp
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Lava Tower
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the toilet tent!
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sunset on night 5
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porters on their way to Arrow Glacier camp, day 6
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Lava Tower
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me and Meredith at Arrow Glacier Camp
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Arrow Glacier Camp
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me, Johanna, Meredith, and Wilbert on an afternoon hike up the start of the Western Breach
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Portable Altitude Chamber. A porter walking with us carried this on days 7 and 8.
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my tent at Arrow Glacier Camp on night 6 (4900m)
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Messner climbed this face
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Western Breach
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Kanini
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sunset on night 6
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Morning of day 7. We got up at 4:30am so we could finish before the sun hit the Western Breach.
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the three of us just after sunrise
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Mount Meru
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before getting to Crater Camp - feeling awful!
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Crater Camp on day 7 (5790m) - Furtwängler Glacier in background
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on the right is the path from Crater Camp to the summit
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Johanna, me, and Meredith at Uhuru Peak (5895m)
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us with Wilbert and Gideon
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our tents and Furtwängler Glacier
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Reusch Crater
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Mawenzi from Stella Point. Lower than Kibo, but harder to climb.
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Johanna and Meredith descending, day 8
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me with Kibo on the descent
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Barafu Camp - lunch stop on the way down
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about to enter the forest
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last game of cards
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my tent at Mweka Camp on night 8 (3100m)
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porters and guides dancing on morning of day 9
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Kibo
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descending, our chef Louis is in front of me
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video at the exit gate
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Moshi
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me at my hut at the Kia Lodge before flying home
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sunset at the Kia Lodge
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