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We spent the first night at Mandara huts, the second and third nights at Horombo, the fourth night at Kibo and the fifth back at Horombo.
We stayed the extra day at Horombo in order to acclimate to the altitude.
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We shared the hut at Horombo with the old Englishman. His name was Bob and this was his third attempt.
For reasons not in his control, he had not been able to make it to the top the other two times.
He stayed in bed a lot and complained of the cold. We had passed him the first day and weren’t too sure he’d be able to go the distance.
He was pleasant and we didn’t mind sharing our hut at all.
I don’t know if he caught on to the chamber boot, and I was a little nervous about what he’d think about us using it.
But my nervousness gave way to my bladder on the second night and both Bob and I used it the third night.
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To help us acclimitize, we went on a hike on the third day that took us to the base of Mawenzi Peak.
There are actually 2 major peaks on Kilimanjaro that are 6 or 7 miles apart.
The highest point is on Kibo but many pictures of Kili will show a smaller bump on the east side and this bump is Mawenzi.
It’s not as tall and massive as Kibo but it has its own jagged beauty. To climb Mawenzi, you need ropes and such.
Not many people climb it these days.
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On the way to Mawenzi, there is a rock formation called Zebra Rocks that is striped like a zebra.
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