Trek Mount Kilimanjaro Fundraising Trek we start our trek from 28th January - 6th Febuary 2010
(PLEASE NOTE THIS TREK IS FOR KILIIMANJARO AS DUE TO AN KNEE OPERATION I WAS UNABLE TO DO THE PERU TREK SO HAVE CHANGE DETAILS TO KILIMANJARO)
We are trying to raise in excess of £6000 for this charity event so please make a donation as every donation will bring us closer to our target figure.
Scope is a UK disability organisation whose focus is people with cerebral palsy (cp). One in 400 children born in the UK has cp
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The first trek i did in aid of the charity was June 2007 where i climbed to the sumit of the highest mountain in North Africa Mt Toubkal which was hard but well worthwhile knowing that many children were going to benefit from the money raised
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Please see below for details of the trek
Day 3 | Machame camp
3000m 5 – 6hrs trekking
After a good breakfast we make the
short road transfer to the Machame
Gate and start our trek through lush
vegetation of the humid rain forest.
In the afternoon we reach our camp
where we enjoy dinner and settle down
to our first night under canvas.
Day 4
| Shira camp
3840m 6 – 7hrs trekking
This morning our route takes us through
ever changing scenery as we make the
steep ascent up through heather and
moorland to the Shira Plateau and our
camp for the evening where we can
relax and enjoy the fabulous views.
Day 5
| Barranco camp
3950m 6 – 7hrs trekking
Today we trek east across beautiful
barren moonlike landscape reaching
the Lava Tower where we stop for lunch.
We descend through the surrounding
ravines to our camp by late afternoon.
This descent aids the acclimatisation
process and allows our bodies to adjust
to the everchanging altitude.
Day 6
| Barafu camp
4600m 6 – 7hrs trekking
We leave camp early for a short climb
and scramble over the volcanic rock of
the Barranco wall. From here we have
fantastic views over to Barafu. For the
rest of the day we make the steady
climb to our camp positioned on a
ridge overlooking the south east valley.
Day 7
| Summit day
5896m 12hrs trekking
We awake just after midnight, climbing
for about 6 hours the steepest and
most demanding part of the route by
torchlight to reach Stella point at the
crater rim. We then make our final
traverse to Uhuru Peak, the highest
point on the African continent at
5896m. The morning sunlight gives
us spectacular views across the
plains below and of Mount Meru
in the distance. We have a tough
decent to Barafu camp, where we
stop for a rest and some breakfast
before continuing onto Mweka camp.
Day 8
| Moshi
3 – 4hrs trekking
After breakfast we continue our descent
back through the rainforest to the
Mweka Gate.
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