Kilimanjaro 4 September 2007

Woke up to find the tent encrusted in frost. Finding a tent which had working zips became the order of the day. Many were broken and this meant that kit you want to stay dry and unfrozen needed to be in the inner tent with you.

We ascended from Shira Camp to approximately 4450m where we stopped for lunch. The group then split in two - those who wanted could go the higher but more direct route to camp via the Lava Tower, others (includng us) chose the longer, lower route across two valleys to reach Barranco Camp (3950m).

From the camp we had good views towards the summit for the first time.

While shaving for dinner (well some of us have standards to maintain), I watched an eagle (7ft wingspan) soaring on the updrafts around the Barranca Wall.