Mt Kenya - December 1989


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Bob's pack had still not arrived - so reluctant to set out on something big we decided to go up and visit Mt Kenya. We ended up doing a circuit of the peak. This took us about 5 days.



At the National Park entrance - Loading up the gear - note Bob had borrowed my day pack.



Above - Local wildlife. This monkey made off with some of my bread!



Above - The interesting alpine vegetation of Africa. Giant groundsells.



Above - Giant lobelia



Above - Giant lobelia



Above - Lower satellite peaks of Mt Kenya



Above - Point John



Above - The Diamond Culoir



Above - Batian and Nelion - the twin summits of Mt Kenya - showing the Diamond Culour



Above - Point John



Above - The main summit



Above - We camped near this nice lake - unfortunately we all suffered from the altitude (about 15,000 ft)



Above - Tony and Bob resting on the way around the mountain. Note the hyrax - a clsoe relative of the elephant.



Above - A freindly hyrax



Above - The main summit



Above - The main summit



Above - The main summit



Above - On the way down - a cool camp!



Above - Looking back through the every present mist - a glimspe of the twin summits - Batian and Nelion

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