Monday, October 31, 2011

Basecamp at dawn

Woke up with the sunrise, and hiked out to the main road to get a view of Kili.  Beautiful, and massive.  Although it looked shorter than I expected- mostly because I was high up, and my view was blocked by another ridgeline- I got a sense of just how massive the volcanic cone is.  That part is, from below, visible as the flat top of Kilimanjaro's peak.  The weather was perfectly clear, and the mountain was beautifully snowcapped.  I just stared at the thing while passing Tanzanian schoolchildren probably thought I was crazy. 

Then pack everything, and hit the bus back to Moshi. 

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