Kili Day 5 - Summit Day
Summit day! We started climbing at 11:45 PM, hiking for 6-7 hours in the dark. The top of Kili is a huge crater, and we would reach the edge of the crater at Stella Point, just after sunrise. From there it would be a less-steep climb to the highest point, Uhuru peak. After reaching the summit, we descended back to our camp for a short break, then continued on down to around 12,000 feet. Returning to a lower altitude was cruicial to prevent altitude sickness, and allow us to recover from the difficult climb. However, it also meant knocking down 26 miles of hiking in one day.
Sep 5, 2006
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