Up at 6am this morning, breakfast at 7. There was carnage in my tent sorting my bags!! A beautiful sunny morning with our first sight of Mount Kilimanjaro. Straight up and out of the rain forest - what a killer of a day! really difficult, climbing up rocks and boulders all the way. It was a scramble on all fours in many parts. I was soon lagging at the back with three others. The guides were fantastic pacing us and re-affirming 'poley-poley' and 'sippy-sippy to keep up our fluid intake. We climbed for 8 hours to 13,500 ft. I have never done anything as difficult in all of my life. Although I really struggled fortunately my headache and nausea didn't re-appear today and I did manage to eat a hearty meal on reaching camp. It has been beautiful and sunny and very hot today, with ever more spectacular views of Kilimanjaro. Tonight we were treated to songs and dancing by our crew and invited to join in - wonderful.
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