Tanzania 2012 Day 7: Kilimanjaro Lava Tower to Arrow Glacier
Porters pass us on the steep hike above Lava Tower.
Nothing but rock and clouds below us.
Looking up at the Western Breach. It is getting closer, but looks less threatening from here.
Kapanya doesn't need a trail.
The Western Breach.
Keefa, team photographer, leading the way above Lava Tower.
Lava Tower. To the right you can see the trail in. To the left, the clouds below us.
John is still smiling on the steep trail.
First glimpse of camp, the outhouse.
Arrow Glacier Camp.
Packs off, we start an acclimatization hike on the Western Breach above camp. You can see camp below.
Looking up the Western Breach from the lower section of the trail. It will be steeper tomorrow.
John and Nixon walk up the Western Breach.
The Breach Wall. Reinhold Messner climbed it in 1979 and said it was one of the most dangerous climbs he ever did.
Our route up the Breach.
Looking accross the Breach.
Larry and Paul in a boulder field.
Larry on the snow.
Looking down on some of our group.
Looking accros the slope you can see how steep it is.
Larry descending the snow.
I think Nixon is telling John and Trish where we are going tomorrow.
Nixon was joking, right?
Nixon.
Snow on the Western Breach.
Looking down on Baranfu Camp (on another climbing route).
Heading down. We'll see the rest of it bright and early in the morning.
