The night was quite cold, more than I expected. We woke up at
sunrise and started packing. Just when we wanted to leave, the camp manager wanted us that we pay for the camp. We had a 10 minute argument, I also talked to his boss over the phone, but since the lady, that sold us the park tickets yesterday said that the camping is free, we left. The camp manager had enough time yesterday to inform us about the rules, if there are any, so we left without any hard feelings.
The track started to ascend quite quickly and we reached 4000 meters in less than 4 hours. Then the track continued on almost flat area for another 5 kilometres and as usual,
backpacks were heavier and heavier and also the height took its share, nevertheless we arrived to the destination before 15:00.
This time we asked at the hut where we can camp for free and then we found a nice spot near the spring with a view to the highest peaks of
Mount Kenya, Batian and Nelion. Here the water was drinkable so we just cooked dinner. Since we had small headaches we took some pils (
Aspirin,
Ginkgo biloba pills and
garlic). Rumours are, that they help at least a little bit against
altitude sickness.
Since the darkness falls almost instantly after sunset, there is almost no twilight near equator, we went to bed early, as usual.
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| Start of the hike from Meteorological Station to Mackinder's Camp |
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| One of the breaks on the slopes of the volcano |
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| View back to the valley |
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| Gladiolus watsonioides - Mackinder's gladiolus |
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| The peaks Batian and Nelion are covered with clouds, Mackinder's camp is located at the end of the valley |
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| Cleaning / washing / brushing |
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| Last meters before the today's destination |
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| Our camp at 4200 m a.m.s.l. |
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| Dinner time |
Previous days on blog of
Kenya travel days with Nada:
Pre-Pre Day,
Pre-Day,
Day1,
Day2,
Day3.
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