Barranco Wall & Karanga Camp

Through a lots of sweating and endless steps,we made it past the heinous Barranco Wall this morning and continued on through several valleys to arrive at Karanga Camp at 4033 meters. Overall we did not gain much elevation, but there was as much or more climbing today than in any of the three previous days.

The scenery lived up to that on previous days, but the big highlight was that massive Barranco Wall. We sat there at camp late yesterday, meeting climbers from all over the world, and you could tell everyone was nervous with all the steep vertical staring over us. It nearly felt like we reached the summit of Kili when we got to the top of it.

Once again, we are all doing very well: happy and healthy. Jamie had a mediocre sleep last night but I am thanking him for giving me a sleeping pill which equated to 7hrs of blissful sleep for me - much needed. Scott continues to sleep 12hrs per night, dropping to sleep right after dinner.

None of us are experiencing headaches or any signs of altitude sickness so far but we are watching closely for this. I made the mistake of using old sunscreen yesterday so my hands and nose are quite sunburned. Good thing my First Aid Kit has Polysporin.

It just started raining shortly after we arrived at Karanga Camp and I am hearing loud thunder as I write these words. Our camp is on a strongly sloped hill as you can see in the photo so we will soon have rivers of water streaming past us.

We have a short acclimatization day tomorrow and then we get ready for our summit day. So far things look great. Thanks for all the well wishes everyone. It is really encouraging. Battery power and a data connection are in short supply but we will do our best to keep the updates coming.