Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mt. Kenya Trek (Post One)

Hiking Mt. Kenya

Our Mt. Kenya Adventure

To begin our March break holiday, we joined a group of friends, from Nairobi, for a four day trek on Mount Kenya. Just 16 km from the equator, Mt. Kenya towers in the central highlands of Kenya at over 5000 meters in elevation. The glaciers create an amazing terrain and unique ecosystem that has earned Mt. Kenya the rare honour of being both a Unesco World Heritage Site and a Unseco Biosphere Reserve. While the two highest peaks, Batian (5199 m) and Nelion (5188 m), can only be reached by mountaineers with technical skills and support, the third highest peak, Point Lenana (4985 m) can be reached by hikers.


Kerry, Mel, Erica, Melissa, and Atalie
Setting off on the second day of our expedition

Aaron gearing up for the long hike
from Old Moses to Shipton's Hut

A view of Point Lenana from the beautiful Mackinder's Valley

We had a cozy night sleep in our tent
exhausted from a full days hike

We'll have a few more pictures to share tomorrow...

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