The day began at about 9:00am with breakfast as usual, after which our guide went to secure our permission to climb from the tourist office. It did not take long before she came back with the permissions and they rushed off to do some shopping before we leaving for another civilization.
With a mostly cloudy weather we were left with very little visibility which prompted us to adjust our plans. In other to avoid the dangers of the wet rocky route we opted for the cable car.
We then took the cable car leaving behind our dear host and cook, a difficult parting I must say.(Life teaches us to move on and to embrace the unfolding future). Well contrary to what I was made to understand in Geneva, I got a genuine appreciation from some Russia tourists who were kind enough to ask if they could make some photos with me. Without any doubt this was a great experience to counter the generally held views about Russians in race relations. As it turned out they were very friendly and I could not have asked for anything better than that from a total stranger. Our journey up continued in the cable car until we reached the second stop where we had to change to another car, with more interesting people up and alive for the climbing experience ahead.
Despite the clouds and rain at 3600 meters altitude I enjoyed every bit of the journey up to the rent experience.The lift chairs were quite different to the ones in Switzerland. On getting to our destination by car, we had to off load our bags and took them to the Gara Bashi , where we spent the next few days
Not long I was almost a celebrity of some sought, as more and more people wanted to take photos with me......... that was a bit scary even though i enjoyed it.
We had some soup, rested a bit for like 30 minutes and began our altitude training.Although very difficult when we started due to the wet conditions and poor visibility we braved it to the upper base camp at 4050 meters altitude with a 450 gain in altitude.Desceending was fun without the wind and the joy of the team was great.
As soon We got back we had about 30 minutes break before dinner so we had some time to rest. I met a guy from Munich who had climbed mount Rwenzore and we started talking about his experience and his travel around Africa it was great because that kept us busy till the time of dinner.
It was a nice dinner and I enjoyed every bit of it.Some how I have to learn some Russia language quick , as much of the discussions here is in Russia.
There is hope ladies and gentle men .......
I think i have to go to bed now.
Keep the smile a nd a big cheers.
off to bed will write again tomorrow
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