Kili Day 6: Millennium Camp – Mweka Camp – Mweka Gate
A sunny morning, so the solar charger was working well.
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A great view of the mountain as the camp was dismantled for the last time.
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Time (and weather) to take tea outside, though we’re still at high altitude.
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This is how you get the dust out of a tent (also works for late sleepers)
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Ready to descend
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Farewell my friend
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The descent started through moorland (as you can see in the above pictures) down to Mweka Camp. At this point I was on my own with everyone else ahead of me (I thought)
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After Mweka Camp we were back into the rainforest, luxuriant and green, though steep and rocky at times. i was hurtling down, keeping with (even overtaking) the porters, with a few pauses for the scenery.
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I rapidly descended to Mweka Gate – the end of the trail.
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Here I met Mox, our steward, and we shared a beer (well deserved, especially on his part). This is when I learnt that somehow everyone else was behind me – like hours behind me – so we sat and supped until they caught up.
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Then we all had to be officially signed out before being taken to an eatery nearby for lunch (now late lunch) and a chance to buy souvenirs and thank the team who’d supported us so well.
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And then, back in the bus, via the hire shop to the Zebra Hotel in Moshi where we were awared our certificates of achievement by Ulrick, the head guide.
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And then … shower (first for a week), dinner, more beers, bed (first for a week), repacking AGAIN. Saturday morning we were taken to the Kenyan border at Holili where our ways parted.
Great diary of a great achievement!