Day 6- Trekking to Barafu base camp: 4,600M. 4km/4hours.
Today we made the ascent of about 600 meters from Karanga camp to base camp for the final assault, or Barafu. This was a 4
Today we made the ascent of about 600 meters from Karanga camp to base camp for the final assault, or Barafu. This was a 4
Walking towards lunch I heard from the group that the final assault to the summit is tomorrow night. Really? Panic set in. Could it be
Leaving the camp, we crossed a series of small rivers swollen from the nights rainfall with some pretty cascading waterfalls. This lead to today’s climb
I have not mentioned too much about this but different people have experienced different aspects of altitude sickness. The worse situation was with Ori. And
Last night was a very rough night for Ori. He had this incessant hacking cough all night. He could not sleep. He tossed and turned.
Today started off with the fact we knew we had a long day with lots of climbing and a descent. What I did not count
We take our modern life for granted. It is interesting to see how we cope when they are gone. No electricity. – maybe one can
At Shira II we finally got our new tent. Just in time since it started to rain and our stuff would have gotten really wet.
Today was a really beautiful day. Unlike the rest of the group hiking from Shira I directly to Shira II, we took a detour with
The nightfall approaching and the temperature rapidly dropping (I asked Ori what the temp is and his answer was simply ‘cold’) I have some concerns
Today we made the ascent of about 600 meters from Karanga camp to base camp for the final assault, or Barafu. This was a 4
Walking towards lunch I heard from the group that the final assault to the summit is tomorrow night. Really? Panic set in. Could it be
Leaving the camp, we crossed a series of small rivers swollen from the nights rainfall with some pretty cascading waterfalls. This lead to today’s climb
I have not mentioned too much about this but different people have experienced different aspects of altitude sickness. The worse situation was with Ori. And
Last night was a very rough night for Ori. He had this incessant hacking cough all night. He could not sleep. He tossed and turned.
Today started off with the fact we knew we had a long day with lots of climbing and a descent. What I did not count
We take our modern life for granted. It is interesting to see how we cope when they are gone. No electricity. – maybe one can
At Shira II we finally got our new tent. Just in time since it started to rain and our stuff would have gotten really wet.
Today was a really beautiful day. Unlike the rest of the group hiking from Shira I directly to Shira II, we took a detour with
The nightfall approaching and the temperature rapidly dropping (I asked Ori what the temp is and his answer was simply ‘cold’) I have some concerns
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