Kili Day 4: Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp via Karanga Camp
Again the morning was clearer than the precious afternoon and there were views up the mountain.
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First we had to scale in the infamous Barranco Wall – a solid rock face that towers over the camp and looks really difficult to climb. In reality the route is well defined and there’s just more pushing up than walking forwards.
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There were some narrow gaps to squeeze through
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And the famous “kissing rock” where you slide round with your face to the rockface.
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As we climbed, the views got better
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Having climbed the wall the route was up and down, with the off place to sit and rest
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At Karanga Camp the weather was closing in again.
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After lunch we set off again into a minor blizzard. We’d actually dropped lower than the start point, and had over 800m to climb to Barafu Camp.
We were relieved to reach Barafu Camp
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However, as we sat by the hut waiting for our camp to be ready, the sun emerged
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Here we are joined by hikers from Brisbane and BC – the whole world comes to Kilimanjaro.
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Even the summit came out to see us briefly
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And so to camp, to be fed and to rest ahead of our ludicrously early start in the middle of the night. And they fed us PIZZA – good pizza. How do they manage that on the mountainside?
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