Baraza

Category: Uncategorized | Date: May 17 2008 | By: admin

Yesterday I had a big scare. While on what was to be a gentle walk with my sister and her shaggy dog Fiji, I had to make a mad sprint to save a chicken that Fiji figured was food.  The dog was going bezerk at the sight of the flapping screeching hen. I took off at an obviously too fast pace to get between dog and hen, and heard a snap in my right calf, I’d pulled a muscle! the pain of missing my climb was worse than the burn in the calf.

Too bad. I’m still going. … with a big supply of Deep heat.  I had to restrain myself from punishing dog and hen. What on earth are people keeping  chickens in apartments for? This place is mad!

I took us all day to get organized to start the drive to Nanyuki, the frontier town from where the hike starts. We woke up at 6.30 this morning to an amazingly clear sky, walked around our verandah to glimpse the mountain - guess what, it was gone! I went out front in total confusion, Oh no, it hadn’t gone just that the hotel faces AWAY from the mountion. What a lost opportunity. I had to walk out of the main gate to get this picture.

They must have built the hotel on a clouldy day if they didn’t think this view worth facing. I know the mountain looks miles away and actually resembles a little pimple. But a beautiful one at that!  The Kikuyu (my fathers tribe) and the Masai both revere the mountain as Gods mountain - they believe he resides there.  I’m curious to meet him in there days time! I have to run now to get started - it’s a 4 hour hike today to the top of the tree zone to our first hut.  I’m taking my phone and will try to capture  a shot from the peak  that I’ll send to Masumi to post if it works! Look out for it Tuesday!

Tags: hiking, Kenya, Mount kenya

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