Sunday, November 15, 2009

Mount Meru hiking weekend.

Mount Meru, a tall mountain but not as tall as Killimanjaro! So this past weekend,our group was to hike iT (not all the way thank goodness) just to the first camp site a good 5 hour hike but we made it in 3 hrs. Straight up with the occasional leveling with altitude. When we finally got to the camp site it was sooo cold! We were instructed to pack light so I did so one outfit long under wear and little essentials. But apparently too light, I was freezing that night wrapped tight in my sleeping bag all bundled up as much as possible. The next morning camp and after breakfast and packing we were off.

Point: on the way up and down we had porter (people who carry cases) so on the way up they had my pack.

So when we left the site I decided to take my pack since we were going down! BIG mistake, a little more than halfway, my knees were shaking more than usual my ankles were weak and I fell down hill. One hand cut a tiny bit. I was in the back of the groupt so our leader bandaged meup, and the guard on the back was so worried that after he made it his job to watch over me and make sure I was ok and if I slipped he grabbed my pack and picked me up before I hit the ground. His name Joshua, he is soo kind. After that I made it down and was feeling a lot better.

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