My first of many weeks of traveling couldnt have started off in a better way. Joachim, a good friend who I've know and gone to school with for a few years now, and I landed late night in Nairobi on September 18th. An hour of discussions with Jackson, our driver, led to immediate departure for Mt Kenya next morning. Mt Kenya is Africa's second highest mountain, about 5000meters high. They say although it's about 1000 meters smaller than famous Kilimanjiaro, it's a much better choice. Apparently Mt Kenya is more spectacular in its panorama, is less crowded and is tougher to climb. Neither Joachim or I have trouble believing that... We had obviously packed for Africa (silk sleeping bag, jogging shoes and flip flops, shorts, only one thin sweater, etc), not for Mt Kenya (minus degrees
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