Its really cold here, slept with a hot water bottle and hot water in my water bladder! We set off this morning for Kibo round 9am, we are walking across a lava plain which is very barren. We were lucky that the sun was out for most of the day so it wasn't too cold. On the way to Kibo we came across remnants of a plane crash that had happened a couple of years ago and the people were killed, eery.
Kibo hut is at 4703m so we are quite high and the air is thin, as we were getting near to Kibo camp we found one of our porters by the side of the track not well, he was suffering from altitude sickness and apparently had a respiratory problem as well. I gave him some tea and anti nausea tablets and I believe he was sent back down, we only saw him again at the end of the trip when we were at the Keys Hotel.
Kibo camps' terrain is rough, very stony and is the starting point for us to summit! Quite exciting but nerve wrecking at the same time, not knowing what to expect. We did our final acclimatisation walk in the late afternoon and then an early supper. Clemence took our readings with the Oxymeter and we are all good to go! Filled up on water, half a sleeping tab as its so early and we are off to bed. 7pm - ish! Later tonight is the last big push!!!
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