6 lā mauna Kilimanjaro Umbwe Alanui

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka kakahiaka nui, e hoʻomaka ʻoe i kou piʻi ʻana e haʻalele i ka nahele ua a komo i nā mea kanu heathland moorland. Ma ka moorland, ʻike ʻoe i nā mea kanu exotic, me ka lobelia nunui a me ka groundsel. Ke piʻi nei ʻoe, hāʻawi ke ala i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka mauna Kilimanjaro. A laila, palahalaha ke alahele a iho i ke awāwa ʻo Barranco a hiki i kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Barranco.

Ma kēia kahua hoʻomoana, e pili ana ʻoe i kahi kahawai a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Western Breach a me ka Great Barranco Wall ma ka Hikina. E like me ka pō mua, e kūkulu ʻia kou mau hale lole ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i kahi hoʻomoana a e hoʻomākaukau nā kiaʻi i ka wai inu a holoi no ʻoe.

E leʻaleʻa ʻoe i ka ʻaina ahiahi a laila ka ʻaina ahiahi i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e kā mākou chef. E hoʻomākaukau no ka pō anu i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mahana ma lalo o ke anuanu ma kēia kahua hoʻomoana.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka kakahiaka nui, e haʻalele ʻoe i ka moorland a komo i ka semi wao nahele a me ka ʻāina pōhaku. Ma hope o 5 mau hola o ka huakaʻi hikina, e hālāwai ʻoe me ka Lava Tower (4630m). Ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻaina awakea ma ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Lava, e ʻimi ka poʻe hele wāwae i ke ala kiʻekiʻe o ka papa 2 a hiki i ka Arrow Glacier Camp (4800m).

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka kakahiaka nui, e hoʻomau ka poʻe holo wāwae i ke alahele papa 2 ma nā pōhaku. I ka wā ua, koi ʻia ke koʻi hau a me nā crampons ma muli o ke ʻano hau. Piʻi mālie ka poʻe hele i ke Komohana Komohana a hiki i ka Crater (5700m).

I ka hōʻea ʻana i ka piko o ka lua, e kāhāhā ʻia ʻoe e nā māla hau ʻĀkau o Kilimanjaro me ka Furtwangler Glacier i mua ou. Ma ke kahua hoʻomoana, loaʻa iā ʻoe ke koho e hoʻopau i kahi lā holo i ka Ash Pit kaulana (1.5 hola) o Mt. Kilimanjaro.

He 340m ka laulā a he 120m ka hohonu o ka lua lehu. Ma hope o ka holo ʻana, e hauʻoli ʻoe i ka ʻaina ahiahi a e lilo ʻoe i hoʻokahi o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a pōmaikaʻi e noho ma ka lua i uhi ʻia i ka hau o Mt. Kilimanjaro.

E ala ma kahi o 0400hr no ke kī a me nā kuki. A laila e hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka piko. Ma kahi o 2 mau hola, e hele ana ʻoe ma ke ala i uhi ʻia i ka hau i Uhuru Peak (5895m). Hoʻomaka ka iho ʻana i Barafu.

Ma kahi o 3 mau hola ka piʻi ʻana a hiki i Barafu Camp. Ma kahi hoʻomoana, e hoʻomaha ʻoe a hauʻoli i ka ʻaina awakea wela i ka lā. Ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, e hoʻomau ʻoe i ka iho ʻana i Mweka Hut (3100m). Aia ʻo Mweka Camp (3100m) ma ka ululāʻau ua kiʻekiʻe, no laila e manaʻo ʻia ka noe a me ka ua. E ʻai ʻoe i kahi ʻaina ahiahi, holoi, a hoʻomaha mālie ma kahi hoʻomoana.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi, e iho ʻoe no ʻekolu hola i ka ʻīpuka Mweka. Pono ka National Park i nā mea holo wāwae e kau inoa i ko lākou mau inoa no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā palapala hōʻoia.

Loaʻa i ka poʻe hele wāwae i hiki i Stella Point (5685m) nā palapala hōʻoia ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻo ka poʻe hele wāwae i hiki i Uhuru Peak (5895m) loaʻa nā palapala gula. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā palapala hōʻoia, e iho ka poʻe hele wāwae i ke kauhale Mweka no 1 hola (3 mau kilomita). Hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i kahi ʻaina awakea a laila e hoʻihoʻi ʻoe i Arusha no ka ua lōʻihi a me nā hoʻolauleʻa hou aku.