Ol Doinyo Lengai (volcano)

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Distance: 6.58 mi
Elevation gain: 5,289 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 5,289 ft
Max elevation: 9,472 ft
TrailRank: 27
Min elevation: 3,956 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: 5 hours 44 minutes
Time: 10 hours 29 minutes
Coordinates: 2023
Uploaded: November 10, 2023
Recorded: November 2023

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near Mtowabaga, Arusha (Tanzania)

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The Massai people translate it as "mountain of God" (Lengai=God; Doinyo=mountain).
(((It is the only volcano on Earth whose lava is natrocarbonatite, in the Rift region. Explain better)))
Night climb As you approach the top you begin to smell the "rotten egg stench" of sulfur and find some very hot vents where the super hot gas is coming out.
Due to the weather conditions at the summit we could not see the lava from the volcano in the crater (we only heard it), nor the sunrise on the other side, nor the views like Kilimanjaro or Lake Natron as points of interest reference