2019.10.11 -Kilimanjaro, Northern Circuit. D6: Third Cave - Kibo Hut
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- Distance
- 3.36 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,470 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 0 ft
- Max elevation
- 15,433 ft
- TrailRank
- 40
- Min elevation
- 13,009 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1725
- Uploaded
- October 16, 2019
- Recorded
- October 2019
near Endoinet, Arusha (Tanzania)
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Kilimanjaro, Northern Circuit. Day 6: Third Cave - Kibo Hut
Friday, October 11, 2019
Departure / Arrival: Third Cave camp (3,965 m) / Kibo Hut (4,700 m)
Duration: 2:30 hours (Departure 08:20 - Arrival 10:45)
Distances and cumulative slope: 5.3 km, + 750 m / - 10 m
Difficulty: 2/5
Complete crossing: 2019.10.06-13 - Kilimanjaro, Northern Circuit (8 days)
Sixth day of expedition, arrival at the base camp of Uhuru Peak.
From Third Cave, two possibilities are offered in two days, culminate the highest summit of Kilimanjaro: ascend to the base camp of Kibo Hut / Camp, at an altitude of 4,700 m, or spend the night in another base camp more vertical from the top, the School Hut camp, about 100 meters higher than the first. Because of its higher position, it would seem better to climb up to School Hut in order to ascend faster the day of the attack to the top. However, the less steep road from Kibo is, according to Andrew our guide, a sufficient reason to spend the night in the first camp.
In Third Cave, it has rained during the first part of the night and the summit at dawn has been covered with a good layer of snow. It's cold. At 6 in the morning I leave the store to go for a walk and take some pictures. Above the Uhuru Peak, three lenticular clouds have formed like three huge hats, revealing the strong wind at the top. The view of the mountain, imposing above us, is incredible.
After a quick cleaning we have a breakfast based on liquid porridge , crepes with jam and some slices of watermelon. We absorbed a tea to warm up and at 8:20 we left the camp. At the first turnoff, we take the Kibo road on the left, while on the right there is another path towards the School Hut camp. On a regular slope, we quickly reach the viewpoint we climbed yesterday, walking in the afternoon. We pause to enjoy the landscape and return to the road, while on our left the imposing silhouette of the Mawenzi emerges in the middle of a lunar landscape.
About two and a half hours later we reach Kibo Camp, at an altitude of 4,700 meters. It has nothing to do with the camps we are used to, isolated in the middle of the mountain. Here, green-roofed barracks have been arranged in an archaic way, announcing from afar the little grace of a place where, fortunately, we will only spend a few hours, until we leave for the summit. It smells like gasoline, while the constellated soil of used batteries and plastics testifies to the frequenting of this camp at the crossroads of the Rongai, Marangu and Machame routes. We don't know what it would be like to sleep at School Hut, without a doubt more calm and authentic, but we trust in the experience of our guides and in the faith that their arguments do not hide other motivations ...
After lunch we rest for a few hours in the store and before dinner, around 5 pm, we spend a little of the water that we have left to clean ourselves and remove some of the black dust that we drag everywhere from our hair, our clothes and in All our belongings. A short briefing during dinner to agree on the timing of the night: at 23:20 we will wake up to have a hot tea and some solid food and at midnight, we will walk. We estimate that it will take about six hours to reach the top, coinciding with the sunrise time at the summit.
Outside, while we finalize the last details of the night, a heavy snowfall covers the camp of a white mantle: the mountain, it seems, you saw your best garment for the night ...
Kilimanjaro Mountain Guide (direct contracting)
Andrew Daudi
Usoiver, Arusha, Tanzania
Contact: +255685901735 (Whatsapp & call)
Facebook-andrew young
Instagram-andrewyoung_tz
Email: youngad69@gmail.com
Tarannà trips
Marco Centomo
C / Vallespir 174, 08014 Barcelona
Contact: +34/608753032
Email: trekking2@taranna.com
https://www.taranna.com
.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Departure / Arrival: Third Cave camp (3,965 m) / Kibo Hut (4,700 m)
Duration: 2:30 hours (Departure 08:20 - Arrival 10:45)
Distances and cumulative slope: 5.3 km, + 750 m / - 10 m
Difficulty: 2/5
Complete crossing: 2019.10.06-13 - Kilimanjaro, Northern Circuit (8 days)
Sixth day of expedition, arrival at the base camp of Uhuru Peak.
From Third Cave, two possibilities are offered in two days, culminate the highest summit of Kilimanjaro: ascend to the base camp of Kibo Hut / Camp, at an altitude of 4,700 m, or spend the night in another base camp more vertical from the top, the School Hut camp, about 100 meters higher than the first. Because of its higher position, it would seem better to climb up to School Hut in order to ascend faster the day of the attack to the top. However, the less steep road from Kibo is, according to Andrew our guide, a sufficient reason to spend the night in the first camp.
In Third Cave, it has rained during the first part of the night and the summit at dawn has been covered with a good layer of snow. It's cold. At 6 in the morning I leave the store to go for a walk and take some pictures. Above the Uhuru Peak, three lenticular clouds have formed like three huge hats, revealing the strong wind at the top. The view of the mountain, imposing above us, is incredible.
After a quick cleaning we have a breakfast based on liquid porridge , crepes with jam and some slices of watermelon. We absorbed a tea to warm up and at 8:20 we left the camp. At the first turnoff, we take the Kibo road on the left, while on the right there is another path towards the School Hut camp. On a regular slope, we quickly reach the viewpoint we climbed yesterday, walking in the afternoon. We pause to enjoy the landscape and return to the road, while on our left the imposing silhouette of the Mawenzi emerges in the middle of a lunar landscape.
About two and a half hours later we reach Kibo Camp, at an altitude of 4,700 meters. It has nothing to do with the camps we are used to, isolated in the middle of the mountain. Here, green-roofed barracks have been arranged in an archaic way, announcing from afar the little grace of a place where, fortunately, we will only spend a few hours, until we leave for the summit. It smells like gasoline, while the constellated soil of used batteries and plastics testifies to the frequenting of this camp at the crossroads of the Rongai, Marangu and Machame routes. We don't know what it would be like to sleep at School Hut, without a doubt more calm and authentic, but we trust in the experience of our guides and in the faith that their arguments do not hide other motivations ...
After lunch we rest for a few hours in the store and before dinner, around 5 pm, we spend a little of the water that we have left to clean ourselves and remove some of the black dust that we drag everywhere from our hair, our clothes and in All our belongings. A short briefing during dinner to agree on the timing of the night: at 23:20 we will wake up to have a hot tea and some solid food and at midnight, we will walk. We estimate that it will take about six hours to reach the top, coinciding with the sunrise time at the summit.
Outside, while we finalize the last details of the night, a heavy snowfall covers the camp of a white mantle: the mountain, it seems, you saw your best garment for the night ...
Kilimanjaro Mountain Guide (direct contracting)
Andrew Daudi
Usoiver, Arusha, Tanzania
Contact: +255685901735 (Whatsapp & call)
Facebook-andrew young
Instagram-andrewyoung_tz
Email: youngad69@gmail.com
Tarannà trips
Marco Centomo
C / Vallespir 174, 08014 Barcelona
Contact: +34/608753032
Email: trekking2@taranna.com
https://www.taranna.com
.
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