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Kili, Pt. 3

Kilimanjaro: Baranco Wall to Barafu Camp, the Summit and Back.
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  • Barafu Camp.
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  • Our spot at Barafu is a bit below the green-roofed ranger hut. Other climbers/tents are scattered all over the place. Several routes converge at Barafu. Summit day is tomorrow!
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  • Pre-summit pow-wow to assess everyone's fitness for the last leg to the summit (4000+ vertical feet, starting at 15,000).
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  • Just after 6 AM, we start off. Most climbers start off at midnight and do the bulk of the climb in the dark. We get to look around, take photos, and see how much further we have to go! By starting at 6 AM, we have the trail to ourselves. And we spend our time on the summit (30+ minutes) with no one else around. Most other climbers encounter a mob scene on top and have to take turns getting summit pics (and cropping everyone else out of the photos).
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  • Almost 4 hours into the climb, you can just make out Barafu Camp near the right end of the ridge that begins at lower left. View at original size and you can even see the trail that we climbed the previous day to get to Barafu.
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