Epic Hikes of the World ( PDFDrive )

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destination Kilimanjaro
After around six hours of walking through a rainforest that lived up to its name –
rain dripped off the tree ferns and turned the path to chocolate milkshake – we
reached our first camp, now at 10,500ft (3200m). Everything was soggy except our
spirits: nothing brings a new band of brothers together like the sharing of both a
common goal and bodily functions (flatulence is a curious by-product of altitude
acclimatisation). We huddled and giggled in the dining tent, eating popcorn and
pasta, listening to our crew’s soft Swahili songs float up to meet the drizzle.
The following days fell into a pattern. Mornings involved 20 minutes of psyching
myself up to leave my sleeping bag, a quick ‘bath’ (a once over with a wet wipe),
packing and repacking, a big breakfast. We soon trekked out of the forest zone,