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.
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At the National Park entrance - Loading up the gear - note Bob had
borrowed my day pack.
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Above - Local wildlife. This monkey made off with some of my bread!
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Above - The interesting alpine vegetation of Africa. Giant groundsells.
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Above - Giant lobelia
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Above - Giant lobelia
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Above - Lower satellite peaks of Mt Kenya
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Above - Point John
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Above - The Diamond Culoir
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Above - Batian and Nelion - the twin summits of Mt Kenya - showing the
Diamond Culour
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Above - Point John
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Above - The main summit
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Above - We camped near this nice lake - unfortunately we all suffered
from the altitude (about 15,000 ft)
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Above - Tony and Bob resting on the way around the mountain. Note the
hyrax - a clsoe relative of the elephant.
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Above - A freindly hyrax
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Above - The main summit
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Above - The main summit
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Above - The main summit
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Above - On the way down - a cool camp!
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Above - Looking back through the every present mist - a glimspe of the
twin summits - Batian and Nelion
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