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Mt Kenya 10-Nov-2006 At 2:15:23 PM Eve

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Hi,
did one of the satellite peaks of Mt. Kenya (point Lenana) about 8 years ago. If you want to get to the actual peak, you need proper ice-climbing gear. but Pt. Lenana is great as it is. be aware of the usual (thunderstorms in the summer, thus, from the base hut, probably start at 4am or so). most people hire porters to carry up (and down) their stuff and we almost felt weird carrying everything ourselves. a good map helps that has the main route on it. estimate 3 days for the total thing.
we had a 4-wheel drive and drove as far up as possible (until it almost got stuck) and started hiking from there. the altitude can get to you and my partner suffered a bit of altitude sickness (or was it the aftermaths of Malaria? - I'm not kidding, especially in the lower regions, no matter what you take, the moscitoes (respectively the flagellate that carries the Malaria strain) get resistant very quickly to any medication. DET is the only answer, really, because Malaria sucks!
but it is a great experience - needless to say, I'm jealous!!