We did it!!! Yesterday morning at 7:30am, we reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point in all of Africa. It is actually the highest free-standing mountain in the world. It was the hardest hike of our lives. We both thought the only major challenge would be the altitude sickness, but the summit hike was excruciating. We started the hike at midnight and Colin's theory is they make you start at night so you can't see how far you have to go to reach the summit, or else you will quit. Several times through the summit hike, Patti thought she couldn't take another step, but we made it!!!!
We signed up for the Machame Route with Zara Tours. The guides, John and Wallace, were great and we teamed up with two other hikers from the UK named Adam and Stefan. Everyone on our team, including the two Brits, were characters and made the past 6 days a lot of fun.
Back to Kenya now for some well deserved R&R,
P & C
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