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I’m back in Kenya as I forgot to go to Mt Kenya and climb to its top! The common name for this mountain is Kilimanjaro. I can’t wait until I get to the peak. The highest point, 5199m, rises from a lush forest to a wonderful rocky peak. The peak is covered by equatorial snow, it was really weird. This snow has formed a series of glaciers and some frozen cliff faces. The profile of Kilimanjaro is a tropical Volcano so I think it is going to
be a bit scary. At the base of the mountain there are some famous hotels like the Mount Kenya Safari Club, River Lodge, Treetops, Mountain Lodge and the Bantu Lodge.
Today I started my climb, it was easy. It began as a small incline and then started to get steeper. The next day I had just started to climb in to the snowy bits and there was this big rumble and an avalanche went down the other side of the mountain. It was incredible. The next morning I went to the peak and it was a spectacular view. When I reached the bottom I was amazed that it took me so long to get up but so little time to get back down.
There was lots of wild life at the place I was staying, but they were all orphans as their mothers had been killed by poachers; there were cheetahs and antelope and lots more. I felt sorry for them, I wanted to take them home with me back to Australia but I couldn’t. That night a lynx came up to my tent and ran off into the bushers.
I’m back in Kenya as I forgot to go to Mt Kenya and climb to its top! The common name for this mountain is Kilimanjaro. I can’t wait until I get to the peak. The highest point, 5199m, rises from a lush forest to a wonderful rocky peak. The peak is covered by equatorial snow, it was really weird. This snow has formed a series of glaciers and some frozen cliff faces. The profile of Kilimanjaro is a tropical Volcano so I think it is going to
be a bit scary. At the base of the mountain there are some famous hotels like the Mount Kenya Safari Club, River Lodge, Treetops, Mountain Lodge and the Bantu Lodge.Today I started my climb, it was easy. It began as a small incline and then started to get steeper. The next day I had just started to climb in to the snowy bits and there was this big rumble and an avalanche went down the other side of the mountain. It was incredible. The next morning I went to the peak and it was a spectacular view. When I reached the bottom I was amazed that it took me so long to get up but so little time to get back down.
There was lots of wild life at the place I was staying, but they were all orphans as their mothers had been killed by poachers; there were cheetahs and antelope and lots more. I felt sorry for them, I wanted to take them home with me back to Australia but I couldn’t. That night a lynx came up to my tent and ran off into the bushers.
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