 Machame Gate, the start of the trek |
 Weighing the stuff to be lugged up the mountain |
 Cloud Forest on the lower slopes |
 Machame Camp, first morning |
 Looking back down at Machame Camp |
 Whitenecked Raven, watching my every step |
 Clambering on hand and feet |
 The Mist |
 Shira Cave Campsite (Night 2) |
 Where to go when nature calls? |
 Waking up at Shira Cave Campsite |
 Twin-sisters (Mt Meru) |
 Mt. Meru piercing the clouds |
 Heading for Kibo crater |
 Kibo looming over us |
 Taking a short break |
 Lava Tower (4600m) |
 Lava Tower Gorge |
 Kibo from its most daunting side |
 The scary Barranco Wall |
 Fixing my shoe (saving the day) |
 Last pitstop before Barranco Wall |
 Breakfast in the sun |
 Kibo and the Barranco Wall |
 Groundsels (Dendrosenecio) |
 Groundsel and Crater |
 The unstoppable Nicholaus |
 Scaling the Barranco Wall |
 Scaling the Barranco Wall |
 Scaling the Barranco Wall |
 Hugging the "Kissing Rock" |
 Halfway up The Wall |
 On top of the Barranco Wall |
 Groundsels |
 Landslide Field |
 Karranga Camp, aka "The Refugee Camp" |
 Kibo, peering through the clouds |
 Sunset at Karranga |
 Morning at Karranga Camp |
 Breakfast at Kibo's |
 Above the Clouds |
 African Inukshuk |
 Walking above the clouds |
 Road to base camp |
 Rebmann's Glacier |
 Base Camp Ridge |
 Mawenzi Peak |
 Mawenzi Peak |
 Chaos at Barafu base camp |
 Some R&R before the last push to the summit |
 Room with a view |
 Summit (Uhuru Peak) |
 Summit (Uhuru Peak) |
 Summit (Uhuru Peak) |
 Rebmann's Glacier |
 Dawn over Mawenzi |
 Kibo crater interior |
 Dawn colors |
 Southern Icefield and Meru |
 The Shadow of Kilimanjaro (projected in the clouds next to Meru) |
 National Pride |
 Southern Icefield |
 Southern Icefield |
 Southern Icefield |
 Starting the descent |
 Southern Icefield |
 The way down |
 Celebrating a successful expedition |
 Breaking up camp (last view on Kibo) |
 Cloud Forest on the way down |
 Cloud Forest |
 Cloud Forest |
 Civilisation |
 A little haven in dusty hot Moshi |
 Moshi bus terminal |
 Clean water |
 My wakeup call |
 Mo' Noise Mo' Sales |
 The Rastafari Outfitter |
 Moshi Post Office |
 Colorful Critter |
 Quality Meat... and Motorcycle spare parts |
 The Evolution of Elephants |