by eggs » Wed 25 Jul, 2018 11:32 am
I gave this to jrg.
Unless you had been to Mt Kenya or studied the limited maps I could find, it would be hard to say much more than Mt Kenya.
Mt Kenya is a highly eroded/glaciated volcanic peak. It is almost directly on the Equator and has glaciers.
There are 7 U shaped valleys radiating off the sides of the mountain and numerous tarns.
We approached on the Sirimon route via Liki North and exited via the Naro Moru route.
There are at least 10 craggy peaks in the summit area [and more interesting crags on the radiating ridgelines]- but trekkers climb to the 3rd highest - Point Lenana at 4985m (16,355 feet)
Because of altitude, you take your time getting up. Our walk was over 6 days and we were on top for sunrise on day 4.
This was taken on the summit day when we took a long route back to our base at Shiptons Camp.
We descended the ridge off track to the Tooth and traversed the Summit Circuit pass to Simba Col before descending past Lower Simba Tarn to Shiptons Camp.