Pictures from all over Kilimanjaro – hiking up the routes, various views of the mountain, its surrounding, and the climbers.
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Looking back at Lava Tower during our ascent to Arrow Glacier Camp the Shira Plateau can be seen off in the distance over 20 miles away and Lava Tower Camp is the light beige patch to the ... [read on]
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The serpentine line etched in the topography describes the way to Arrow Glacier Camp from Lava Tower. It looks to be a simple 2 hour uphill jaunt but the 1000 foot gain in altitude places you at ... [read on]
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Last week I spoke of the “frigid shade” at Lava Tower. It was that crisp morning we awoke to find our water bottles frozen as we dug into the deepest corners of our trusty packs to find the ... [read on]
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Lava Tower Camp remains blanked in a frigid shade provided by the
immenseness of Kilimanjaro until late morning. Only then do the suns rays begin
to delicately paint the tips of the surrounding landscape with equatorial warmth
as a new ... [read on]
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Nestled behind an exposed rib of stone that separates the tents from the loos at Lava Tower, you can see the black public outhouses that my research told me to avoid if at all possible.
I heeded the ... [read on]
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These multicolored cocoons housed the South African Team and my son and I from Wisconsin at Lava Tower. The bright yellow ones were ours of course but after meeting many different people from around the world, only ... [read on]
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This is the top of Lava Tower. We climbed it as practice for the, now closed, Western Breach.
Trekkers using the Lemosho route still stop at Lava Tower Camp to assist acclimatization and the heartier souls no doubt ... [read on]
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Normally the views of Lava Tower Camp are taken from ground level with tents in the foreground and giant mastiff in the background but having scrambled up to the top and talking myself into edging this close ... [read on]
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This is yours truly negotiating one of the pitches as we scaled Lava Tower. We did ok in a flatlander sort of way and it was excellent practice for the Western Breach. I have no doubt our ... [read on]
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Lava Tower Camp is 14,950-ft above sea-level which makes it higher that anything in the continuous 48 states. It was a trill to see the clouds running past the camp below our line of sight and after ... [read on]
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