Kilimanjaro viewed from Shira Camp

In the late afternoon, as we waited for dinner at Shira Camp, the clouds began to open for the first time since early morning. Looking due east, we caught our first glimpse of Kilimanjaro at this altitude. The last time we saw it was leaving Machame camp, where it appeared like a distant peak in the horizon. Now we could make out the details of the glaciers, and we realized how far we had come in only two days.

Sasquatch on Kilimanjaro?

Shortly after arriving at Shira camp, I shot these series of pictures of a rather cumbersome creature with a long mane moving at a high rate of speed in the distance.









Actually, it was only Jeremiah, who had volunteered to sprint around the camp in order to let me test the auto-tracking feature on my new Canon 20D. This was no small feat, as any exertion at 13,000 ft left you pretty winded.