Yesterday we all arrived back in Moshi. It was a long walk down from Horombo
camp at 3740M, about 22km to the park gate. It was nice to be in the Hotel
again drinking a cold Kilimanjaro beer!
Early in the morning we set off for the drive back to Nairobi. Unfortunately
we had a big delay. On the Nairobi- Arusha road 7 people got killed in the
last three day by traffic. I guess the new nice road is not an improvement
for everybody….local Masai people where demanding to have speed bumps on
the road immediately. Strange enough no government officials showed up, so
all the stuck car, bus and truck drivers had to improvise and make some
speed bumps them selves…..this took about 4 hours!
When we where back in Nairobi finally we met our new team member Mel Jones
from the UK. Mel will join us on our mt Kenya climb.
Tomorrow we will leave early in the morning to mt Kenya National Park and we
are hoping to reach the “Old Moses Camp” at around 3000m and spent our first
night there. Personally I am looking forward to mt Kenya, this will be a
“real” climb and the whole team will be trying to climb to the summit off
Neilion. One of the main Summit’s of mt Kenya. To get there we have to climb
19 pitches on beautiful rock! A true adventure!
So stay tuned for more news,
Greetings,
Arnold Coster expedition leader